navis

[ˈnaː.wis]

/[ˈnaː.wis]/ noun

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The verdict

“navis” is uncommon German (frequency #61,771 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,771
frequency rank, German
26,919
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Schiff

Key facts for navis
PropertyValue
Headwordnavis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaː.wis]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,771
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “navis” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). navis lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

navis is uncommon German at frequency #61,771 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaː.wis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for navis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 navis, spelled N-A-V-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Schiff
  2. 2
    das Kirchenschiff

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "navis"?
"navis" is spelled N-A-V-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaː.wis].
What does "navis" mean?
As a noun, "navis" means: das Schiff
How do you pronounce "navis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "navis" is [ˈnaː.wis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "navis" come from?
"navis" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “navis”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-A-V-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈnaː.wis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list