Note
[ˈnoːtə]
The verdict
“Note” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,986
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Symbol zur schriftlichen Aufzeichnung eines Tones, dessen Platzierung im Notensystem die Tonhöhe – ausgedrückt im Notennamen – und dessen äußere Gestalt die Tondauer – den Notenwert – anzeigt. Es b...
Corpus desk
Index DE-note · Note · German
Note · rank #3,986 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,986
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH negative
Nearest frequency peer: negative (-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 “Note”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- messen
messen
96,018 corpus weight
- natürlichen
natürlichen
96,017 corpus weight
- negative
negative
96,016 corpus weight
- Note
Note
96,015 corpus weight
- Pizza
Pizza
96,014 corpus weight
- Provinz
Provinz
96,013 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Note” 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 | Note |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnoːtə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Note” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Note (IPA [ˈnoːtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,986 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Note, with forms such as "nnote", "noet", and "notte". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NT", "now", "nov", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Note, spelled N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Symbol zur schriftlichen Aufzeichnung eines Tones, dessen Platzierung im Notensystem die Tonhöhe – ausgedrückt im Notennamen – und dessen äußere Gestalt die Tondauer – den Notenwert – anzeigt. Es besteht aus Notenkopf und Hals, größere Notenwerte nur aus dem Notenkopf.
- 2ein Schriftstück oder ein Druckwerk mit Notenliteratur
- 3eine als Zahl oder in Worten ausgedrückte Leistungsbewertung
- 4Geldschein, der im alltäglichen Zahlungsverkehr genutzt wird
- 5schriftliche Mitteilung im Verkehr zwischen Institutionen
- 6charakteristischer Stil einer Person oder Sache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Note appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Versetzungszeichen steht direkt vor einer bestimmten Note und gilt nur in demjenigen Takt, in dem es notiert ist, und nur für den bezeichneten Oktavbereich.
„Ed Bauries war ein exzentrischer Pianist, der keine Note lesen konnte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnote
- noet
- notte
- ntoe
- onte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Note - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Note" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "NT". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,986 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.