Nordsee
[ˈnɔʁtˌz̥eː]
The verdict
“Nordsee” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,255
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Randmeer des Atlantiks im Nordwesten Europas zwischen Großbritannien, den Niederlanden, Deutschland, Dänemark und Norwegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nordsee · Nordsee · German
Nordsee · rank #8,255 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,255
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH netto
Nearest frequency peer: netto (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Nordsee“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- naiv
naiv
91,749 corpus weight
- Naturschutz
Naturschutz
91,748 corpus weight
- netto
netto
91,747 corpus weight
- Nordsee
Nordsee
91,746 corpus weight
- Oberösterre…
Oberösterreich
91,744 corpus weight
- Plakat
Plakat
91,743 corpus weight
What this shows „Nordsee“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nordsee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɔʁtˌz̥eː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Nordsee“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Nordsee (IPA [ˈnɔʁtˌz̥eː]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,255 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Randmeer des Atlantiks im Nordwesten Europas zwischen Großbritannien, den Niederlanden, Deutschland, Dänemark und Norwegen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nordsee, with forms such as "nnordsee", "nodrsee", and "norddsee". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Nordseite", "Norden", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Nordsee, spelled N-O-R-D-S-E-E.
Definition
- 1ein Randmeer des Atlantiks im Nordwesten Europas zwischen Großbritannien, den Niederlanden, Deutschland, Dänemark und Norwegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nordsee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Nordsee ist bei Sturm sehr rau.
„Endlich, am späten Nachmittag, kamen Flugzeuge, einige Spitfire und Mustangs, die aus Richtung Flensburg oder Schleswig hereindrehten, um im Tiefflug über uns hinwegzuflitzen und auf die Nordsee hinaus zu verschwinden.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnordsee
- nodrsee
- norddsee
- nordese
- nordse
- nordssee
- norrdsee
- norsdee
- nrodsee
- onrdsee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nordsee - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nordsee", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).