nehmen
[ˈneːmən]
The verdict
“nehmen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #323
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - eine Sache greifen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nehmen · nehmen · German
nehmen · rank #323 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #323
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Ne
Nearest frequency peer: Ne (-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 “nehmen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- darüber
darüber
99,676 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nehmen” 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 | nehmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈneːmən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nehmen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around nehmen (IPA [ˈneːmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #323 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for nehmen, with forms such as "enhmen", "nehemn", and "nehhmen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "neuen", "nehmt", "Nomen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is nehmen, spelled N-E-H-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Sache greifen
- 2etwas von einem Ort entfernen und in seinen Besitz bringen
- 3etwas aussuchen und es nutzen
- 4eine Vielzahl von charakteristischen Verbindungen, die eigene Bedeutungen haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nehmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er nahm den Löffel aus der Tasse.
Du kannst dir nicht einfach nehmen, was du haben willst! Du musst für die Sachen bezahlen!
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enhmen
- nehemn
- nehhmen
- nehmenn
- nehmmen
- nehmne
- nemhen
- nhemen
- nnehmen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nehmen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 September 2, 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 "nehmen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.