Nigger
[ˈnɪɡɐ]
The verdict
“Nigger” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,933
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rassistisch beleidigende Fremdbezeichnung für eine (männliche) Person mit (sehr) dunkler Hautfarbe und vor allem afroamerikanischer, ferner auch afrodeutscher beziehungsweise subsaharischer Abstamm...
Corpus desk
Index DE-nigger · Nigger · German
Nigger · rank #35,933 · 6 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,933
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nebenwirkung
Nearest frequency peer: Nebenwirkung (-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 „Nigger“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Nachbau
Nachbau
64,072 corpus weight
- Nachfolgers
Nachfolgers
64,071 corpus weight
- Nebenwirkung
Nebenwirkung
64,069 corpus weight
- Nigger
Nigger
64,068 corpus weight
- nuggets
nuggets
64,066 corpus weight
- Nähmaschine
Nähmaschine
64,065 corpus weight
What this shows „Nigger“ 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 | Nigger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɪɡɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #35,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Nigger“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Nigger (IPA [ˈnɪɡɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,933 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "rassistisch beleidigende Fremdbezeichnung für eine (männliche) Person mit (sehr) dunkler Hautfarbe und vor allem afroamerikanischer, ferner auch afrodeutscher beziehungsweise subsaharischer Abstamm...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nigger, with forms such as "ingger", "ngiger", and "nigegr". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "nimmer", "Neger", "Nigel", 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Nigger, spelled N-I-G-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1rassistisch beleidigende Fremdbezeichnung für eine (männliche) Person mit (sehr) dunkler Hautfarbe und vor allem afroamerikanischer, ferner auch afrodeutscher beziehungsweise subsaharischer Abstammung oder mit Vorfahren, die von dorther stammen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nigger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er outete sich als Rassist, indem er ihn öffentlich als Nigger bezeichnete.
„Bald würde sie es nur noch mit Niggern aufnehmen können, meinte sie.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ingger
- ngiger
- nigegr
- niggerr
- niggre
- nnigger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nigger - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nigger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).