Nebraska

/[neˈbʁaska]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,829

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Nebraska is aGermanname. It means: Bundesstaat im mittleren Westen der USA Pronounced [neˈbʁaska].

Key facts for Nebraska
PropertyValue
HeadwordNebraska
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[neˈbʁaska]
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,829
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Nebraska is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [neˈbʁaska]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,829 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bundesstaat im mittleren Westen der USA".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nebraska, with forms such as "enbraska", "nberaska", and "nebarska". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Nebraska, spelled N-E-B-R-A-S-K-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bundesstaat im mittleren Westen der USA

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enbraska,nberaska,nebarska,nebbraska,nebraksa,nebrasak,nebraskka,nebrasska,nebrraska,nebrsaka,nerbaska,nnebraska

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Nebraska

Misspelling Variants of "Nebraska"

enbraska8nberaska8nebarska8nebbraska9nebraksa8nebrasak8nebraskka9nebrasska9
Misspelling Variants of "Nebraska"

Frequency rank: #34,829 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nebraska"?
"Nebraska" is spelled N-E-B-R-A-S-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is [neˈbʁaska].
What does "Nebraska" mean?
As a name, "Nebraska" means: Bundesstaat im mittleren Westen der USA
What are common misspellings of "Nebraska"?
Common misspellings include "enbraska", "nberaska", "nebarska", "nebbraska", "nebraksa". The correct spelling is "Nebraska".
How do you pronounce "Nebraska"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nebraska" is [neˈbʁaska]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nebraska" come from?
"Nebraska" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.