nichtig
[ˈnɪçtɪç]
The verdict
“nichtig” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,369
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unbedeutend, bedeutungslos
Corpus desk
Index DE-nichtig · nichtig · German
nichtig · rank #21,369 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,369
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Neunziger
Nearest frequency peer: Neunziger (-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 „nichtig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- nachhaltiger
nachhaltiger
78,635 corpus weight
- nasser
nasser
78,634 corpus weight
- Neunziger
Neunziger
78,633 corpus weight
- nichtig
nichtig
78,632 corpus weight
- niedergelegt
niedergelegt
78,630 corpus weight
- Nordens
Nordens
78,629 corpus weight
What this shows „nichtig“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | nichtig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnɪçtɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „nichtig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around nichtig (IPA [ˈnɪçtɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,369 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for nichtig, with forms such as "inchtig", "ncihtig", and "nicchtig". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Nichts", "nicht", "Nichte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is nichtig, spelled N-I-C-H-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1unbedeutend, bedeutungslos
- 2ungültig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nichtig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Opfer wurde aus nichtigem Anlass umgebracht“
„Ein Rechtsgeschäft, welches der durch Gesetz vorgeschriebenen Form ermangelt, ist nichtig.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inchtig
- ncihtig
- nicchtig
- nichhtig
- nichitg
- nichtgi
- nichtigg
- nichttig
- nicthig
- nihctig
- nnichtig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nichtig - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nichtig", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).