NB
The verdict
“NB” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,709) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #29,709
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kfz-Kennzeichen für Neubrandenburg
Corpus desk
Index DE-nb · NB · German
NB · rank #29,709 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,709
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Naturkatastro…
Nearest frequency peer: Naturkatastrophen (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „NB“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- nachgesagt
nachgesagt
70,295 corpus weight
- Naturkatast…
Naturkatastrophen
70,293 corpus weight
- NB
NB
70,292 corpus weight
- neuerlichen
neuerlichen
70,291 corpus weight
- nF
nF
70,290 corpus weight
- Nickerchen
Nickerchen
70,289 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „NB“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | NB |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #29,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „NB“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for NB is neighbouring look-alikes ("Ne", "NS", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #29,709 among 1,954 “N” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for NB, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ne", "NS", "Nd", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is NB, spelled N-B.
Definition
- 1Kfz-Kennzeichen für Neubrandenburg
- 2notabene (lateinisch nota bene = „zu beachten“)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how NB appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kennzeichen der Stadtkreise in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern lauten: SN, HRO, HWI, HST, HGW und NB.
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.