nou
[nɔw]
The verdict
“nou” is uncommon German (frequency #63,608 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,608
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Nuss, die Walnuss
Corpus desk
Index DE-nou · nou · German
nou · rank #63,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,608
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH notorischen
Nearest frequency peer: notorischen (-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 “nou”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Normalverte…
Normalverteilung
36,396 corpus weight
- notorische
notorische
36,395 corpus weight
- notorischen
notorischen
36,394 corpus weight
- nou
nou
36,393 corpus weight
- Nowgorod
Nowgorod
36,392 corpus weight
- obskuren
obskuren
36,390 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nou” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nou |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nɔw] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #63,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nou” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nou is uncommon German at frequency #63,608 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nɔw]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Nuss, die Walnuss".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nou, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is nou, spelled N-O-U.
Definition
- 1die Nuss, die Walnuss
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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