niest
[niːst]
The verdict
“niest” is uncommon German (frequency #66,540 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,540
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs niesen
Corpus desk
Index DE-niest · niest · German
niest · rank #66,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,540
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,919
- PHOTO-FINISH niedlicher
Nearest frequency peer: niedlicher (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “niest”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Neusprech
Neusprech
33,464 corpus weight
- nicks
nicks
33,463 corpus weight
- niedlicher
niedlicher
33,462 corpus weight
- niest
niest
33,461 corpus weight
- nightingale
nightingale
33,460 corpus weight
- Nordfrankre…
Nordfrankreich
33,457 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “niest” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | niest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [niːst] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “niest” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
niest is uncommon German at frequency #66,540 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [niːst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for niest in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 niest, spelled N-I-E-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs niesen
- 22. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs niesen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs niesen
- 42. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs niesen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.