Niederschlag

Name: Niederschlag, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈniːdɐˌʃlaːk]

/[ˈniːdɐˌʃlaːk]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Niederschlag” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,760
frequency rank, German: 1,954
“N” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das infolge des Erreichen des Taupunktes auf den Boden fallende Wasser in Form von Regentropfen, Schneeflocken, Tau, Nebel, Raureif, Hagel oder Graupel

Corpus desk

Index DE-niederschlag · Niederschlag · German

Niederschlag · rank #8,760 · 19 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #8,760
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-MID 1,954
PHOTO-FINISH neutral

Nearest frequency peer: neutral (-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.

Mt

91,244
Napoleon

91,243
neutral

91,242
Niederschlag

91,241
order

91,240
Page

91,239

What this shows „Niederschlag“ 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).

Niederschlag vs Niederschläge

85% similar

Niederschlag vs niederschlägt

77% similar

Niederschlag vs niederschlagen

79% similar

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

Key facts for Niederschlag
Property	Value
Headword	Niederschlag
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈniːdɐˌʃlaːk]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#8,760
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Niederschlag“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Niederschlagliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#8,760

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „neutral“ (#8,759), „order“ (#8,761), „Napoleon“ (#8,758). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Niederschlag“ bei #8,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around Niederschlag (IPA [ˈniːdɐˌʃlaːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,760 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Niederschlag, with forms such as "inederschlag", "neiderschlag", and "nideerschlag". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Niederschläge", "niederschlägt", "niederschlagen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Niederschlag, spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G.

Definition

1
das infolge des Erreichen des Taupunktes auf den Boden fallende Wasser in Form von Regentropfen, Schneeflocken, Tau, Nebel, Raureif, Hagel oder Graupel
2
feste Stoffe, die aus Flüssigkeiten ausfallen
3
seinen Ausdruck finden, sich wiederfinden lassen in etwas; besonders auch das schriftliche Dokumentieren, Festhalten, Ausdrücken von Informationen
4
Ereignis, das dazu führt, dass man nicht mehr auf seinen Beinen steht; das am Boden Sein, nachdem man niedergeschlagen wurde, auch bildhaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Täglich wird mehrmals die Menge des Niederschlags bestimmt.
„Der Himmel hängt grau und tief und wird weitere Niederschläge bringen.“

Synonyms

AusfallAusfällungAusdruck

This word in other languages

precipitation(English)precipitación(Español)précipitation(Français)precipitação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

inederschlag
neiderschlag
nideerschlag
niedderschlag
niedercshlag
niederrschlag
niederscchlag
niederschalg
niederschhlag
niederschlagg
niederschlga
niederschllag
niedersclhag
niedershclag
niedersschlag
niedesrchlag
niedreschlag
nieedrschlag
nniederschlag

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Niederschlag - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Niederschlag"

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 "Niederschlag"?

"Niederschlag" is spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈniːdɐˌʃlaːk].

What does "Niederschlag" mean?

As a noun, "Niederschlag" means: das infolge des Erreichen des Taupunktes auf den Boden fallende Wasser in Form von Regentropfen, Schneeflocken, Tau, Nebel, Raureif, Hagel oder Graupel

What words are commonly confused with "Niederschlag"?

"Niederschlag" is commonly confused with "Niederschläge", "niederschlägt", "niederschlagen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Niederschlag"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Niederschlag" is [ˈniːdɐˌʃlaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Niederschlag" come from?

"Niederschlag" 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 "Niederschlag", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mehrheitlich#8,754 schriftliche#8,778 Spezialisten#8,785 Unsicherheit#8,803

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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