Nekrolog
[nekʁoˈloːk]
The verdict
“Nekrolog” is uncommon German (frequency #71,655 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,655
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Würdigung eines Verstorbenen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nekrolog |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nekʁoˈloːk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nekrolog” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nekrolog is uncommon German at frequency #71,655 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nekʁoˈloːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Würdigung eines Verstorbenen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Nekrolog, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nekrolog, spelled N-E-K-R-O-L-O-G.
Definition
- 1Würdigung eines Verstorbenen
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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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Using “Nekrolog”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-E-K-R-O-L-O-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.