newspaper
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The verdict
“newspaper” is uncommon German (frequency #71,659 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,659
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zeitung
Corpus desk
Index DE-newspaper · newspaper · German
newspaper · rank #71,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,659
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,919
- PHOTO-FINISH Neurodermitis
Nearest frequency peer: Neurodermitis (-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 “newspaper”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nekrolog
Nekrolog
28,346 corpus weight
- Neurodermit…
Neurodermitis
28,343 corpus weight
- newspaper
newspaper
28,342 corpus weight
- nier
nier
28,341 corpus weight
- Nierenfunkt…
Nierenfunktion
28,340 corpus weight
- Nippeln
Nippeln
28,339 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “newspaper” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | newspaper |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “newspaper” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
newspaper is uncommon German at frequency #71,659 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
newspaper has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is newspaper, spelled N-E-W-S-P-A-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Zeitung
- 2Zeitungspapier
Synonyms
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 9 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.