Niederschlag
[ˈniːdɐˌʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Niederschlag” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,760 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,760
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das infolge des Erreichen des Taupunktes auf den Boden fallende Wasser in Form von Regentropfen, Schneeflocken, Tau, Nebel, Raureif, Hagel oder Graupel
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 | 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) |
Where “Niederschlag” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Niederschlag is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈniːdɐˌʃlaːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,760 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1das infolge des Erreichen des Taupunktes auf den Boden fallende Wasser in Form von Regentropfen, Schneeflocken, Tau, Nebel, Raureif, Hagel oder Graupel
- 2feste Stoffe, die aus Flüssigkeiten ausfallen
- 3seinen Ausdruck finden, sich wiederfinden lassen in etwas; besonders auch das schriftliche Dokumentieren, Festhalten, Ausdrücken von Informationen
- 4Ereignis, das dazu führt, dass man nicht mehr auf seinen Beinen steht; das am Boden Sein, nachdem man niedergeschlagen wurde, auch bildhaft
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “Niederschlag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-I-E-D-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈniːdɐˌʃlaːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Niederschläge” - see the side-by-side comparison. Niederschlag vs Niederschläge
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.