Nieselregen
[ˈniːzl̩ˌʁeːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Nieselregen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,761 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,761
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Form von Niederschlag bestehend aus Tröpfchen mit einem Durchmesser kleiner als 0,5 mm
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nieselregen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈniːzl̩ˌʁeːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nieselregen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nieselregen is uncommon German at frequency #54,761 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈniːzl̩ˌʁeːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Form von Niederschlag bestehend aus Tröpfchen mit einem Durchmesser kleiner als 0,5 mm".
Nieselregen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Nieselregen, spelled N-I-E-S-E-L-R-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Form von Niederschlag bestehend aus Tröpfchen mit einem Durchmesser kleiner als 0,5 mm
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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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- The one correct German spelling is N-I-E-S-E-L-R-E-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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