nick
[nɪk]
The verdict
“nick” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,745
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nicken
Corpus desk
Index DE-nick · nick · German
nick · rank #5,745 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,745
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachwuchs
Nearest frequency peer: Nachwuchs (-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 „nick“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Nachweis
Nachweis
94,259 corpus weight
- Nachweisen
Nachweisen
94,258 corpus weight
- Nachwuchs
Nachwuchs
94,257 corpus weight
- nick
nick
94,256 corpus weight
- nimmst
nimmst
94,255 corpus weight
- Ober
Ober
94,254 corpus weight
What this shows „nick“ 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 | nick |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [nɪk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „nick“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around nick (IPA [nɪk]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,745 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nicken".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for nick, with forms such as "inck", "ncik", and "nicck". 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, "nie", "nix", "nit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 nick, spelled N-I-C-K.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nicken
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inck
- ncik
- nicck
- nickk
- nikc
- nnick
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nick - 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 "nick", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).