notz

[ˈnuts]

/[ˈnuts]/ noun

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The verdict

“notz” is uncommon German (frequency #80,751 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,751
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Nuss (Frucht des Nussbaumes)

Corpus desk

Index DE-notz · notz · German

notz · rank #80,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,751
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH notte

Nearest frequency peer: notte (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „notz“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „notz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for notz
PropertyValue
Headwordnotz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnuts]
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „notz“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).notzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „notte“ (#80,750), „nunc“ (#80,752), „notorischer“ (#80,749). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „notz“ bei #80,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

notz is uncommon German at frequency #80,751 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnuts]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Nuss (Frucht des Nussbaumes)".

Zero misspellings are on record for notz in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is notz, spelled N-O-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Nuss (Frucht des Nussbaumes)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "notz"?
"notz" is spelled N-O-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnuts].
What does "notz" mean?
As a noun, "notz" means: die Nuss (Frucht des Nussbaumes)
How do you pronounce "notz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notz" is [ˈnuts]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "notz" come from?
"notz" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "notz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nunc#80,752nani#80,720Nama#80,718mixt#80,689

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list