niesen
[ˈniːzn̩]
The verdict
“niesen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #29,259 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #29,259
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ruckartig und meistens laut Luft durch Nase und/oder Mund ausstoßen (als Reflex auf einen Reiz der Nasenschleimhaut), ohne darüber Kontrolle zu haben
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 | niesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈniːzn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “niesen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for niesen is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈniːzn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,259 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ruckartig und meistens laut Luft durch Nase und/oder Mund ausstoßen (als Reflex auf einen Reiz der Nasenschleimhaut), ohne darüber Kontrolle zu haben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for niesen, with forms such as "inesen", "neisen", and "nieesn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Nissan", "Nieten", "Nüssen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 niesen, spelled N-I-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1ruckartig und meistens laut Luft durch Nase und/oder Mund ausstoßen (als Reflex auf einen Reiz der Nasenschleimhaut), ohne darüber Kontrolle zu haben
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inesen,neisen,nieesn,niesenn,niesne,niessen,niseen,nniesen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of niesen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “niesen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-I-E-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈniːzn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Nissan” - see the side-by-side comparison. niesen vs Nissan
- 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.