nF

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The verdict

“nF” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,711) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#29,711
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für neue Fassung

Corpus desk

Index DE-nf · nF · German

nF · rank #29,711 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,711
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH neuerlichen

Nearest frequency peer: neuerlichen (-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 „nF“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „nF“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

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).

nF vs NS
0% similar
nF vs Ni
0% similar
nF vs nm
50% similar

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

Key facts for nF
PropertyValue
HeadwordnF
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters2
Frequency rank#29,711
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „nF“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).nFliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „neuerlichen“ (#29,710), „Nickerchen“ (#29,712), „NB“ (#29,709). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nF“ bei #29,711. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for nF is neighbouring look-alikes ("NS", "Ni", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced […]. Frequency #29,711 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Abkürzung für neue Fassung".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nF, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NS", "Ni", "nm", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is nF, spelled N-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für neue Fassung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Siehe Artikel 3 Grundgesetz nF.

Antonyms

aF

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 "nF"?
"nF" is spelled N-F. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "nF" mean?
As an abbreviation, "nF" means: Abkürzung für neue Fassung
What words are commonly confused with "nF"?
"nF" is commonly confused with "NS", "Ni", "nm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nF"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nF" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nF" come from?
"nF" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list