Neuling
[ˈnɔɪ̯lɪŋ]
The verdict
“Neuling” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,373
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die auf einem Gebiet oder in einer Gruppe neu ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-neuling · Neuling · German
Neuling · rank #17,373 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,373
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH natürliches
Nearest frequency peer: natürliches (-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 “Neuling”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Namibia
Namibia
82,631 corpus weight
- natürliches
natürliches
82,629 corpus weight
- Neuling
Neuling
82,628 corpus weight
- Newton
Newton
82,627 corpus weight
- Notarzt
Notarzt
82,626 corpus weight
- Notwehr
Notwehr
82,625 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Neuling” 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 | Neuling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɔɪ̯lɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Neuling” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Neuling (IPA [ˈnɔɪ̯lɪŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,373 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die auf einem Gebiet oder in einer Gruppe neu ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Neuling, with forms such as "enuling", "neluing", and "neuilng". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Neulinge", "neulich", "Neuland", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Neuling, spelled N-E-U-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Person, die auf einem Gebiet oder in einer Gruppe neu ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Neuling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neulingen darf man keinen Löschantrag zutrauen.
Er war ein Neuling auf dem Gebiet der angewandten Mathematik.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enuling
- neluing
- neuilng
- neulign
- neulingg
- neulinng
- neulling
- neulnig
- nneuling
- nueling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Neuling - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Neuling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Neuling". Here's where to go from here.
- "Neuling" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Neulinge". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,373 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.