Nederland
[ˈnedərlɑnt]
The verdict
“Nederland” is uncommon German (frequency #74,913 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,913
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Land in Westeuropa; Niederlande
Corpus desk
Index DE-nederland · Nederland · German
Nederland · rank #74,913 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,913
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,919
- PHOTO-FINISH Nationalflagge
Nearest frequency peer: Nationalflagge (-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 “Nederland”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nachschuss
Nachschuss
25,092 corpus weight
- Nahrungssuc…
Nahrungssuche
25,090 corpus weight
- Nationalfla…
Nationalflagge
25,089 corpus weight
- Nederland
Nederland
25,088 corpus weight
- Nelsons
Nelsons
25,087 corpus weight
- Netherlands
Netherlands
25,086 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Nederland” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nederland |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈnedərlɑnt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nederland” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nederland is uncommon German at frequency #74,913 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈnedərlɑnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Land in Westeuropa; Niederlande".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Nederland, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Nederland, spelled N-E-D-E-R-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Land in Westeuropa; Niederlande
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nederland", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency 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.