noch

/[nɔx]/ adv

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#36

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

noch is anGermanadv. It means: des Weiteren Pronounced [nɔx]. It ranks #36 in German word frequency. Often confused with Not and non.

Key facts for noch
PropertyValue
Headwordnoch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[nɔx]
Letters4
Frequency rank#36
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of noch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for noch is 4 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nɔx]. Corpus data places it at rank #36 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for noch, with forms such as "ncoh", "nnoch", and "nocch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Not", "non", "now", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is noch, spelled N-O-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    des Weiteren
  2. 2
    zukünftig
  3. 3
    bis jetzt, zur Zeit, gegenwärtig
  4. 4
    auch nicht
  5. 5
    drückt in Sätzen mit konzessivem Gegensatz (oft mit„aber“,„dennoch“,„trotzdem“) eine betonte Bekräftigung des zweiten Teils aus; hebt hervor, dass eine Eigenschaft unerwarteterweise stark ausgeprägt ist

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ncoh,nnoch,nocch,nochh,nohc,onch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for noch

Misspelling Variants of "noch"

ncoh4nnoch5nocch5nochh5nohc4onch4
Misspelling Variants of "noch"

Frequency rank: #36 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "noch"?
"noch" is spelled N-O-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [nɔx].
What does "noch" mean?
As an adv, "noch" means: des Weiteren
What words are commonly confused with "noch"?
"noch" is commonly confused with "Not", "non", "now". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "noch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "noch" is [nɔx]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "noch" come from?
"noch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.