Natur
[naˈtuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Natur” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #998 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #998
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Welt der Natur (im Gegensatz zu der durch den Menschen geschaffenen Welt der Kultur)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Natur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [naˈtuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Natur” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Natur is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [naˈtuːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #998 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Natur, with forms such as "antur", "natru", and "nattur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "nur", "Notar", "nature", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Natur, spelled N-A-T-U-R.
Definition
- 1Welt der Natur (im Gegensatz zu der durch den Menschen geschaffenen Welt der Kultur)
- 2Gebiet, in das der Mensch überhaupt nicht oder nur wenig gestaltend und verändernd eingegriffen hat
- 3geistige, seelische oder körperliche Charakteristika und Eigenheiten von Personen oder Tieren beziehungsweise deren gesamtes Wesen
- 4generelle Beschaffenheit einer Sache oder eines Sachverhaltes
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: antur,natru,nattur,naturr,nautr,nnatur,ntaur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Natur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Natur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-T-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [naˈtuːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nur” - see the side-by-side comparison. Natur vs nur
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.