nenn
[nɛn]
The verdict
“nenn” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,064) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,064
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nenn · nenn · German
nenn · rank #9,064 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,064
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachdruck
Nearest frequency peer: Nachdruck (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „nenn“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Milf
Milf
90,940 corpus weight
- Modellen
Modellen
90,939 corpus weight
- Nachdruck
Nachdruck
90,938 corpus weight
- nenn
nenn
90,937 corpus weight
- neuerdings
neuerdings
90,936 corpus weight
- Newsletter
Newsletter
90,935 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „nenn“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | nenn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [nɛn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „nenn“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nenn is neighbouring look-alikes ("nun", "neu", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [nɛn]. Frequency #9,064 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nennen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for nenn, with forms such as "ennn", "nnen", and "nnenn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nun", "neu", "new", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 nenn, spelled N-E-N-N.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nennen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ennn
- nnen
- nnenn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nenn - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).