News

[njuːs]

/[njuːs]/ noun

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The verdict

“News” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,078
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Informationen oder Nachrichten, die neu sind und im Rundfunk oder im Internet verbreitet werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-news · News · German

News · rank #2,078 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,078
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nachbarn

Nearest frequency peer: Nachbarn (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „News“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „News“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

News vs NS
25% similar
News vs NRW
25% similar
News vs now
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for News
PropertyValue
HeadwordNews
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[njuːs]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,078
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „News“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Newsliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Nachbarn“ (#2,077), „NRW“ (#2,079), „Münster“ (#2,076). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „News“ bei #2,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around News (IPA [njuːs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,078 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Informationen oder Nachrichten, die neu sind und im Rundfunk oder im Internet verbreitet werden".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for News, with forms such as "enws", "nesw", and "newss". 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, "NS", "NRW", "now", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is News, spelled N-E-W-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Informationen oder Nachrichten, die neu sind und im Rundfunk oder im Internet verbreitet werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how News appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das habe ich in den News gelesen.
  2. „Die "NZZ" haßt den Umgang mit der schnellen Aktualität, sie haßt die hastigen News.“

This word in other languages

news(English)nouvelles(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enws
  • nesw
  • newss
  • newws
  • nnews
  • nwes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of News - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enws2nesw2newss1newws1nnews1nwes2
Edit distance from "News"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "News"?
"News" is spelled N-E-W-S. The IPA pronunciation is [njuːs].
What does "News" mean?
As a noun, "News" means: Informationen oder Nachrichten, die neu sind und im Rundfunk oder im Internet verbreitet werden
What words are commonly confused with "News"?
"News" is commonly confused with "NS", "NRW", "now". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "News"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "News" is [njuːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "News" come from?
"News" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "News", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

real#2,082Glas#2,067Tier#2,091West#2,097

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Johann6 variantsHeiss6 variantsfreue6 variantsGang6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list