Nijmegen
[ˈnɛi̯meːɣə]
The verdict
“Nijmegen” is uncommon German (frequency #90,687 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,687
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt in den Niederlanden
Corpus desk
Index DE-nijmegen · Nijmegen · German
Nijmegen · rank #90,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,687
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,919
- PHOTO-FINISH Niedriglohn
Nearest frequency peer: Niedriglohn (-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 “Nijmegen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- neustes
neustes
9,318 corpus weight
- Neuzugängen
Neuzugängen
9,317 corpus weight
- niedergeris…
niedergerissen
9,316 corpus weight
- Niedriglohn
Niedriglohn
9,315 corpus weight
- Nijmegen
Nijmegen
9,314 corpus weight
- notificatio…
notifications
9,309 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Nijmegen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nijmegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɛi̯meːɣə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nijmegen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nijmegen is uncommon German at frequency #90,687 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈnɛi̯meːɣə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in den Niederlanden".
No misspelling variants are generated for Nijmegen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nijmegen, spelled N-I-J-M-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Stadt in den Niederlanden
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 "Nijmegen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.