Noblesse
[noˈblɛsə]
The verdict
“Noblesse” is uncommon German (frequency #79,546 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,546
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Bezeichnung für den französischen Adel
Corpus desk
Index DE-noblesse · Noblesse · German
Noblesse · rank #79,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,546
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nistet
Nearest frequency peer: nistet (-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 “Noblesse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Niederschla…
Niederschlagsmengen
20,459 corpus weight
- niedrigeres
niedrigeres
20,458 corpus weight
- nistet
nistet
20,456 corpus weight
- Noblesse
Noblesse
20,455 corpus weight
- Nordbahnhof
Nordbahnhof
20,454 corpus weight
- Novara
Novara
20,451 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Noblesse” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Noblesse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [noˈblɛsə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Noblesse” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Noblesse is uncommon German at frequency #79,546 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [noˈblɛsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Noblesse has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Noblesse, spelled N-O-B-L-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung für den französischen Adel
- 2vornehme Art, sich zu geben
- 3vornehme Erscheinung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Noblesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit stoischer Noblesse stemmt sich Woolfs Romanfigur gegen die Wirren ihrer Zeit.“
„Ich verließ meinen flinken Neapolitaner dennoch im Hochgefühl des verwöhnten Gastes, denn er verrichtete seine Arbeit mit jener heiteren romanischen Noblesse, die in seiner Heimat selbst Putzfrauen den Hauch des Königlichen verleiht.“
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Noblesse", 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.