Notwehr
[ˈnoːtˌveːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Notwehr” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,376
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verteidigung in Form von Gegenwehr, die aufgrund einer dazu führenden Bedrohung straffrei bleibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-notwehr · Notwehr · German
Notwehr · rank #17,376 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,376
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Notarzt
Nearest frequency peer: Notarzt (-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 “Notwehr”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Neuling
Neuling
82,628 corpus weight
- Newton
Newton
82,627 corpus weight
- Notarzt
Notarzt
82,626 corpus weight
- Notwehr
Notwehr
82,625 corpus weight
- NT
NT
82,624 corpus weight
- obliegt
obliegt
82,623 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Notwehr” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Notwehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnoːtˌveːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Notwehr” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Notwehr (IPA [ˈnoːtˌveːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,376 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verteidigung in Form von Gegenwehr, die aufgrund einer dazu führenden Bedrohung straffrei bleibt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Notwehr, with forms such as "nnotwehr", "notewhr", and "nottwehr". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Notwehr, spelled N-O-T-W-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1Verteidigung in Form von Gegenwehr, die aufgrund einer dazu führenden Bedrohung straffrei bleibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Notwehr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Polizist handelte mit seinem Schuss aus Notwehr.
„Ja, sie entschuldigten ihn noch dabei, fanden den Mord als Notwehr vollkommen gerechtfertigt und zuckten nur mit den Achseln, wenn die Sprache auf das Geld kam.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnotwehr
- notewhr
- nottwehr
- notwehhr
- notwehrr
- notwerh
- notwher
- notwwehr
- nowtehr
- ntowehr
- ontwehr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Notwehr - 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
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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 (11 here; floor ≥5).
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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.