notice

/[ˈnəʊtɪs]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,530

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

notice is aGermanverb. It means: etwas zur Kenntnis nehmen; etwas sehen, hören oder riechen; bemerken, beachten Pronounced [ˈnəʊtɪs]. Often confused with nötig and Notiz.

Key facts for notice
PropertyValue
Headwordnotice
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnəʊtɪs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,530
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of notice in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for notice is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnəʊtɪs]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,530 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas zur Kenntnis nehmen; etwas sehen, hören oder riechen; bemerken, beachten".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for notice, with forms such as "nnotice", "noitce", and "notcie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "nötig", "Notiz", "notre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is notice, spelled N-O-T-I-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas zur Kenntnis nehmen; etwas sehen, hören oder riechen; bemerken, beachten

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnotice,noitce,notcie,noticce,notiec,nottice,ntoice,ontice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for notice

Misspelling Variants of "notice"

nnotice7noitce6notcie6noticce7notiec6nottice7ntoice6ontice6
Misspelling Variants of "notice"

Frequency rank: #36,530 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "notice"?
"notice" is spelled N-O-T-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnəʊtɪs].
What does "notice" mean?
As a verb, "notice" means: etwas zur Kenntnis nehmen; etwas sehen, hören oder riechen; bemerken, beachten
What words are commonly confused with "notice"?
"notice" is commonly confused with "nötig", "Notiz", "notre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "notice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notice" is [ˈnəʊtɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "notice" come from?
"notice" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.