Noma
[ˈnoːma]
The verdict
“Noma” is uncommon German (frequency #88,075 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,075
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entzündung der Wangenschleimhaut, die besonders bei unterernährten oder durch Vorerkrankungen geschwächten Kindern auftritt und unbehandelt meist zum Tode führt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Noma |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnoːma] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #88,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Noma” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Noma is uncommon German at frequency #88,075 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnoːma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entzündung der Wangenschleimhaut, die besonders bei unterernährten oder durch Vorerkrankungen geschwächten Kindern auftritt und unbehandelt meist zum Tode führt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Noma in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Noma, spelled N-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1Entzündung der Wangenschleimhaut, die besonders bei unterernährten oder durch Vorerkrankungen geschwächten Kindern auftritt und unbehandelt meist zum Tode führt
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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 “Noma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-O-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnoːma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.