neue
[ˈnɔɪ̯ə]
The verdict
“neue” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #156) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #156
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs neu
Corpus desk
Index DE-neue · neue · German
neue · rank #156 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #156
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH gerade
Nearest frequency peer: gerade (-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 „neue“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- dort
dort
99,848 corpus weight
- müssen
müssen
99,847 corpus weight
- gerade
gerade
99,846 corpus weight
- neue
neue
99,845 corpus weight
- sondern
sondern
99,844 corpus weight
- 5
5
99,843 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „neue“ 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 | neue |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnɔɪ̯ə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „neue“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for neue is neighbouring look-alikes ("nur", "nun", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈnɔɪ̯ə]. Frequency #156 among 1,954 “N” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for neue, with forms such as "enue", "neeu", and "nneue". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nur", "nun", "nie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is neue, spelled N-E-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs neu
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs neu
- 3Nominativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs neu
- 4Akkusativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs neu
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enue
- neeu
- nneue
- nuee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of neue - 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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