Notlage
[ˈnoːtˌlaːɡə]
The verdict
“Notlage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,855
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwierige, bedrohende Situation
Corpus desk
Index DE-notlage · Notlage · German
Notlage · rank #24,855 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #24,855
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH niedergelassen
Nearest frequency peer: niedergelassen (-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 „Notlage“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Neubrandenb…
Neubrandenburg
75,148 corpus weight
- niedergelas…
niedergelassen
75,147 corpus weight
- Notlage
Notlage
75,146 corpus weight
- offs
offs
75,145 corpus weight
- Olympiade
Olympiade
75,144 corpus weight
- Opium
Opium
75,143 corpus weight
What this shows „Notlage“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Notlage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnoːtˌlaːɡə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Notlage“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Notlage (IPA [ˈnoːtˌlaːɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,855 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "schwierige, bedrohende Situation".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Notlage, with forms such as "nnotlage", "noltage", and "notalge". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "nötige", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Notlage, spelled N-O-T-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1schwierige, bedrohende Situation
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Notlage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch was immer es an Mitgefühl mit der Notlage der Juden in London noch gegeben haben mag, die Maßnahmen, die darauf abzielten Flüchtlingsschiffe davon abzuhalten, die Blockade der palästinensischen Küste durch die Navy zu umgehen, wurden noch entschlossener als Großbritannien schließlich allein dastand.“
„Roms Widerstandskraft war nach Cannae durchaus nicht gebrochen. Dem Adressaten dieser Botschaft soll der römische Großmut sowie die Solidarität der Römer in einer Notlage vorgeführt werden und im Gegensatz dazu die karthagische Kleinmütigkeit.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnotlage
- noltage
- notalge
- notlaeg
- notlagge
- notlgae
- notllage
- nottlage
- ntolage
- ontlage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Notlage - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Notlage", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).