Neapel

/[neˈaːpl̩]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,602

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Neapel is aGermanname. It means: Stadt in Süditalien mit etwa 1 Million Einwohner Pronounced [neˈaːpl̩]. It ranks #8,602 in German word frequency. Often confused with Nebel and Nepal.

Key facts for Neapel
PropertyValue
HeadwordNeapel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[neˈaːpl̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,602
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Neapel in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Neapel is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [neˈaːpl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,602 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Stadt in Süditalien mit etwa 1 Million Einwohner".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Neapel, with forms such as "enapel", "naepel", and "neaepl". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Nebel", "Nepal", "Nippel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Neapel, spelled N-E-A-P-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Süditalien mit etwa 1 Million Einwohner

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enapel,naepel,neaepl,neapell,neaple,neappel,nepael,nneapel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Neapel

Misspelling Variants of "Neapel"

enapel6naepel6neaepl6neapell7neaple6neappel7nepael6nneapel7
Misspelling Variants of "Neapel"

Frequency rank: #8,602 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Neapel"?
"Neapel" is spelled N-E-A-P-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [neˈaːpl̩].
What does "Neapel" mean?
As a name, "Neapel" means: Stadt in Süditalien mit etwa 1 Million Einwohner
What words are commonly confused with "Neapel"?
"Neapel" is commonly confused with "Nebel", "Nepal", "Nippel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Neapel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Neapel" is [neˈaːpl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Neapel" come from?
"Neapel" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.