Narthex
[ˈnaʁtɛks]
The verdict
“Narthex” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schmale Vorhalle im Inneren einer altchristlichen und byzantinischen Basilika
Corpus desk
Index DE-narthex · Narthex · German
Narthex · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Narthex |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaʁtɛks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Narthex“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Narthex is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaʁtɛks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Narthex, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Narthex, spelled N-A-R-T-H-E-X.
Definition
- 1schmale Vorhalle im Inneren einer altchristlichen und byzantinischen Basilika
- 2Pflanze, die zu den Doldenblütlern gehört und im Mittelmeerraum verbreitet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Narthex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hier waren die vorderen Türen, die den Narthex verschlossen, aber Dunphy war vom hinteren Ende heruntergefallen, hinter dem Altarraum.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.