Neger
[ˈneːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Neger” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,351
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein dunkelhäutiger Mensch subsaharischer Abstammung
Corpus desk
Index DE-neger · Neger · German
Neger · rank #12,351 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,351
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Mäuse
Nearest frequency peer: Mäuse (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Neger“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- mitzuteilen
mitzuteilen
87,653 corpus weight
- Moore
Moore
87,652 corpus weight
- Mäuse
Mäuse
87,651 corpus weight
- Neger
Neger
87,650 corpus weight
- nennst
nennst
87,649 corpus weight
- Neukölln
Neukölln
87,648 corpus weight
What this shows „Neger“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Neger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈneːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Neger“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Neger (IPA [ˈneːɡɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,351 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Neger, with forms such as "neegr", "negerr", and "negger". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "neue", "Nele", "neuen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Neger, spelled N-E-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein dunkelhäutiger Mensch subsaharischer Abstammung
- 2Vorläufer des Teleprompters
- 3Biermischgetränk, Mixgetränk, das aus Cola und Weizenbier besteht
- 4Vorrichtung zum Abdunkeln der Beleuchtung bei Atelieraufnahmen
- 5Person, die für eine andere Texte verfasst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Neger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Bevölkerung Afrikas ist sehr vielfältig. Die größte Gruppe bilden die Neger – (Bertelsmann Hausatlas 1960)
„Im Laufe der Zeit habe das Wort Neger jedoch eine Bedeutungsverschlechterung erfahren, so dass es heutzutage als Schimpfwort gilt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- neegr
- negerr
- negger
- negre
- ngeer
- nneger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Neger - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Neger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).