Nasenspray
[ˈnaːzn̩ˌʃpʁɛɪ̯]
The verdict
“Nasenspray” is uncommon German (frequency #69,531 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,531
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spray, mit dem eine Flüssigkeit als feinverteiltes Aerosol auf die Nasenschleimhaut aufgebracht werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-nasenspray · Nasenspray · German
Nasenspray · rank #69,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,531
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,919
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachtstunden
Nearest frequency peer: Nachtstunden (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Nasenspray”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nachkommens…
Nachkommenschaft
30,474 corpus weight
- Nachkriegsd…
Nachkriegsdeutschland
30,473 corpus weight
- Nachtstunden
Nachtstunden
30,471 corpus weight
- Nasenspray
Nasenspray
30,470 corpus weight
- Nationalsto…
Nationalstolz
30,469 corpus weight
- naturnah
naturnah
30,468 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Nasenspray” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nasenspray |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːzn̩ˌʃpʁɛɪ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nasenspray” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nasenspray is uncommon German at frequency #69,531 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːzn̩ˌʃpʁɛɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spray, mit dem eine Flüssigkeit als feinverteiltes Aerosol auf die Nasenschleimhaut aufgebracht werden kann".
Nasenspray doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Nasenspray, spelled N-A-S-E-N-S-P-R-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Spray, mit dem eine Flüssigkeit als feinverteiltes Aerosol auf die Nasenschleimhaut aufgebracht werden kann
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.