noch mal
[nɔx maːl]
The verdict
“noch mal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nochmals
Corpus desk
Index DE-noch-mal · noch mal · German
noch mal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | noch mal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [nɔx maːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „noch mal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
noch mal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [nɔx maːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nochmals".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for noch mal, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is noch mal, spelled N-O-C-H- -M-A-L.
Definition
- 1nochmals
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.