Ne
The verdict
“Ne” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #322) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #322
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neon
Corpus desk
Index DE-ne · Ne · German
Ne · rank #322 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #322
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Geschichte
Nearest frequency peer: Geschichte (-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 “Ne”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Platz
Platz
99,682 corpus weight
- besonders
besonders
99,681 corpus weight
- Geschichte
Geschichte
99,680 corpus weight
- Ne
Ne
99,679 corpus weight
- nehmen
nehmen
99,678 corpus weight
- of
of
99,677 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ne” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Ne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Ne” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Ne is neighbouring look-alikes ("NS", "Ni", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #322 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Neon".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ne, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NS", "Ni", "nm", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Ne, spelled N-E.
Definition
- 1Neon
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
²⁰Ne ist das häufigste Isotop von Neon.
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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- "Ne" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "NS". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #322 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
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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.