Nisse
[ˈnɪsə]
The verdict
“Nisse” is uncommon German (frequency #94,681 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,681
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ei einer Tierlaus, das an den Haaren festklebt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nisse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɪsə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nisse” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nisse is uncommon German at frequency #94,681 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnɪsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ei einer Tierlaus, das an den Haaren festklebt".
Nisse has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Nisse, spelled N-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Ei einer Tierlaus, das an den Haaren festklebt
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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 “Nisse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-I-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.