Nostalgie
[nɔstalˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Nostalgie” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,645
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehnsuchtsvoll andächtige Rückwendung zur Vergangenheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-nostalgie · Nostalgie · German
Nostalgie · rank #18,645 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,645
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nordwest
Nearest frequency peer: Nordwest (-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 „Nostalgie“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Nischen
Nischen
81,359 corpus weight
- Nobelpreis
Nobelpreis
81,358 corpus weight
- Nordwest
Nordwest
81,357 corpus weight
- Nostalgie
Nostalgie
81,356 corpus weight
- notieren
notieren
81,355 corpus weight
- oberster
oberster
81,354 corpus weight
What this shows „Nostalgie“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nostalgie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nɔstalˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Nostalgie“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Nostalgie (IPA [nɔstalˈɡiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,645 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nostalgie, with forms such as "nnostalgie", "nosatlgie", and "nosstalgie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Nostalgie, spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1sehnsuchtsvoll andächtige Rückwendung zur Vergangenheit
- 2Heimweh
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nostalgie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute versteht man unter Nostalgie eine wehmütige Hinwendung zu vergangenen Zeiten, die in der Erinnerung oftmals stark idealisiert und verklärt reflektiert werden.
„Trotzdem betrachte ich den Wellblechwürfel mit einiger Nostalgie.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnostalgie
- nosatlgie
- nosstalgie
- nostaglie
- nostalgei
- nostalggie
- nostalige
- nostallgie
- nostlagie
- nosttalgie
- notsalgie
- nsotalgie
- onstalgie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nostalgie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Nostalgie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).