nobilis

adj

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The verdict

“nobilis” is uncommon German (frequency #96,024 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,024
frequency rank, German
26,919
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht fremd; bekannt, vertraut

Key facts for nobilis
PropertyValue
Headwordnobilis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nobilis” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). nobilis lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nobilis is uncommon German at frequency #96,024 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

nobilis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nobilis, spelled N-O-B-I-L-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht fremd; bekannt, vertraut
  2. 2
    in gutem oder schlechtem Ruf stehen; berühmt, gepriesen, berüchtigt
  3. 3
    sich durch seinen Charakter, Stand oder seine Leistungen auszeichnend; vornehm
  4. 4
    aus vornehmer Familie; adelig, adlig

Antonyms

ignobilis

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nobilis"?
"nobilis" is spelled N-O-B-I-L-I-S.
What does "nobilis" mean?
As an adjective, "nobilis" means: nicht fremd; bekannt, vertraut
What language does "nobilis" come from?
"nobilis" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “nobilis”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-O-B-I-L-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list