nelle
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The verdict
“nelle” is uncommon German (frequency #60,863 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a determiner. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,863
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zusammensetzung der Präposition in und dem Artikel le
Corpus desk
Index DE-nelle · nelle · German
nelle · rank #60,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,863
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,919
- PHOTO-FINISH negieren
Nearest frequency peer: negieren (-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 “nelle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nationalsoz…
Nationalsozialist
39,142 corpus weight
- negieren
negieren
39,139 corpus weight
- nelle
nelle
39,138 corpus weight
- Neresheim
Neresheim
39,137 corpus weight
- netterweise
netterweise
39,136 corpus weight
- neugegründe…
neugegründeten
39,135 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nelle” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Determiner |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nelle” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nelle is uncommon German at frequency #60,863 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as adeterminer, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zusammensetzung der Präposition in und dem Artikel le".
No misspelling variants are generated for nelle in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is nelle, spelled N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Zusammensetzung der Präposition in und dem Artikel le
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.