niki
[ˈniki]
The verdict
“niki” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,325. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,325
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fliegendes Säugetier; Fledermaus
Corpus desk
Index DE-niki · niki · German
niki · rank #19,325 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,325
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH niedrigste
Nearest frequency peer: niedrigste (-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 „niki“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Neuheiten
Neuheiten
80,679 corpus weight
- Nexus
Nexus
80,678 corpus weight
- niedrigste
niedrigste
80,677 corpus weight
- niki
niki
80,676 corpus weight
- Oase
Oase
80,675 corpus weight
- Oberhaupt
Oberhaupt
80,674 corpus weight
What this shows „niki“ 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 | niki |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈniki] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „niki“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around niki (IPA [ˈniki]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,325 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fliegendes Säugetier; Fledermaus".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for niki, with forms such as "inki", "niik", and "nikki". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nix", "nit", "Nil", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 niki, spelled N-I-K-I.
Definition
- 1fliegendes Säugetier; Fledermaus
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inki
- niik
- nikki
- nkii
- nniki
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of niki - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "niki", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).