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The verdict

“nos” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #27,872) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#27,872
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für die 1. Person, Plural, Nominativ (Subjektfall); wir

Corpus desk

Index DE-nos · nos · German

nos · rank #27,872 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,872
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH noble

Nearest frequency peer: noble (-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 „nos“

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

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „nos“ 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).

nos vs NS
0% similar
nos vs NT
0% similar
nos vs Np
0% similar

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

Key facts for nos
PropertyValue
Headwordnos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#27,872
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „nos“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).nosliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „noble“ (#27,871), „Notizbuch“ (#27,873), „Nienburg“ (#27,870). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nos“ bei #27,872. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for nos is neighbouring look-alikes ("NS", "NT", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced […]. Frequency #27,872 among 1,954 “N” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Zero misspellings are on record for nos in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NS", "NT", "Np", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 nos, spelled N-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    für die 1. Person, Plural, Nominativ (Subjektfall); wir
  2. 2
    für die 1. Person, Plural, Akkusativ bzw. auch Dativ (Objektfall); uns
  3. 3
    für die 1. Person, Plural (Objektfall); uns

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nunc nos canta un canto de gaudio.
  2. Mi patre nos demandava, esque nos va venir iste vespere.

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 "nos"?
"nos" is spelled N-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "nos" mean?
As a pronoun, "nos" means: für die 1. Person, Plural, Nominativ (Subjektfall); wir
What words are commonly confused with "nos"?
"nos" 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 "nos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nos" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nos" come from?
"nos" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

qua#27,899IoT#27,790TeX#27,973THC#27,974

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list