normal
[nɔʁˈmaːl]
The verdict
“normal” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,457
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorhandenen (gesellschaftlichen, wissenschaftlichen, medizinischen, subjektiv erfahrenen) Normen entsprechend
Corpus desk
Index DE-normal · normal · German
normal · rank #1,457 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,457
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Netz
Nearest frequency peer: Netz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “normal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Insel
Insel
98,547 corpus weight
- machst
machst
98,546 corpus weight
- Netz
Netz
98,545 corpus weight
- normal
normal
98,544 corpus weight
- Prozess
Prozess
98,543 corpus weight
- Schwester
Schwester
98,542 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “normal” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | normal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [nɔʁˈmaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “normal” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around normal (IPA [nɔʁˈmaːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,457 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for normal, with forms such as "nnormal", "nomral", and "noraml". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Normen", "Norman", "normale", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is normal, spelled N-O-R-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1vorhandenen (gesellschaftlichen, wissenschaftlichen, medizinischen, subjektiv erfahrenen) Normen entsprechend
- 2über längere Zeiträume ähnlich ablaufenden Ereignissen entsprechend; normalerweise
- 3im rechten Winkel/orthogonal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how normal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihr Blutdruck ist normal.
Für diese Jahreszeit ist die Temperatur normal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnormal
- nomral
- noraml
- normall
- normla
- normmal
- norrmal
- nromal
- onrmal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of normal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "normal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "normal". Here's where to go from here.
- "normal" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Normen". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,457 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.