niedlich
[ˈniːtlɪç]
The verdict
“niedlich” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,140
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so süß und putzig, dass man es mag
Corpus desk
Index DE-niedlich · niedlich · German
niedlich · rank #12,140 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,140
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nerv
Nearest frequency peer: Nerv (-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 „niedlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- nature
nature
87,864 corpus weight
- Nerv
Nerv
87,862 corpus weight
- niedlich
niedlich
87,861 corpus weight
- Novelle
Novelle
87,860 corpus weight
- Nüsse
Nüsse
87,859 corpus weight
- orient
orient
87,858 corpus weight
What this shows „niedlich“ 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 | niedlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈniːtlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „niedlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around niedlich (IPA [ˈniːtlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,140 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "so süß und putzig, dass man es mag".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for niedlich, with forms such as "inedlich", "neidlich", and "nidelich". 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, "nördlich", "niedliche", "niedlichen", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is niedlich, spelled N-I-E-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so süß und putzig, dass man es mag
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how niedlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine kleine Schwester hat sich einen niedlichen Teddybären gekauft.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inedlich
- neidlich
- nidelich
- nieddlich
- niedilch
- niedlcih
- niedlicch
- niedlichh
- niedlihc
- niedllich
- nieldich
- nniedlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of niedlich - 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 "niedlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).