nor

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The verdict

“nor” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,554) as a particle. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#26,554
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verschliffene Floskel für die eingeschobene, rhetorische Frage „Gelt es?“, „Gilt es?“, „Habe ich recht?“ oder „Nicht wahr?“, „Stimmt es?“, um sich der (vorausgesetzten) Zustimmung zu versichern. Di...

Corpus desk

Index DE-nor · nor · German

nor · rank #26,554 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,554
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nominierungen

Nearest frequency peer: Nominierungen (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „nor“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „nor“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nor vs NS
0% similar
nor vs NT
0% similar
nor vs Np
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nor
PropertyValue
Headwordnor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechParticle
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#26,554
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „nor“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.norliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Nominierungen“ (#26,553), „nordwestlich“ (#26,555), „Notstand“ (#26,556). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nor“ bei #26,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for nor is neighbouring look-alikes ("NS", "NT", …), not just typos; it is aparticle pronounced […]. Frequency #26,554 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Gloss: "verschliffene Floskel für die eingeschobene, rhetorische Frage „Gelt es?“, „Gilt es?“, „Habe ich recht?“ oder „Nicht wahr?“, „Stimmt es?“, um sich der (vorausgesetzten) Zustimmung zu versichern. Di...".

Zero misspellings are on record for nor in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NS", "NT", "Np", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 nor, spelled N-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    verschliffene Floskel für die eingeschobene, rhetorische Frage „Gelt es?“, „Gilt es?“, „Habe ich recht?“ oder „Nicht wahr?“, „Stimmt es?“, um sich der (vorausgesetzten) Zustimmung zu versichern. Die Frage wird nicht oder nur mit der gleichen Floskel beantwortet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Schönes Wetter heute, nor?“ „Draußen, nor?“
  2. „Die Meißener sagen immer „nor“. Nor ?“

Synonyms

gelt esgilt esnicht wahr

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 "nor"?
"nor" is spelled N-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "nor" mean?
As a particle, "nor" means: verschliffene Floskel für die eingeschobene, rhetorische Frage „Gelt es?“, „Gilt es?“, „Habe ich recht?“ oder „Nicht wahr?“, „Stimmt es?“, um sich der (vorausgesetzten) Zustimmung zu versichern. Di...
What words are commonly confused with "nor"?
"nor" is commonly confused with "NS", "NT", "Np". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nor" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nor" come from?
"nor" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ohm#26,561mur#26,534saw#26,599LPs#26,506

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list