Novara

[noˈvaːʁa]

/[noˈvaːʁa]/ name

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The verdict

“Novara” is uncommon German (frequency #79,550 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,550
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im italienischen Piemont gelegene Großstadt

Corpus desk

Index DE-novara · Novara · German

Novara · rank #79,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,550
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oberbau

Nearest frequency peer: Oberbau (+2 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 “Novara”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Novara” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Novara
PropertyValue
HeadwordNovara
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[noˈvaːʁa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,550
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Novara” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Novara lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Novara is uncommon German at frequency #79,550 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [noˈvaːʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im italienischen Piemont gelegene Großstadt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Novara in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Novara, spelled N-O-V-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    im italienischen Piemont gelegene Großstadt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Novara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein Amokläufer hat im norditalienischen Dorf Bogogno bei Novara drei Menschen erschossen und neun weitere verletzt.“
  2. „Mit seinem kleinen Einkommen lebte er in Bologna angenehmer als in Novara, wo das Leben viel teurer war und ihn alles anödete; seine Verwandten waren ihm lästig, die Freundschaften platt und die Unwissenheit allgemein.“

This word in other languages

Novara(English)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Novara"?
"Novara" is spelled N-O-V-A-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [noˈvaːʁa].
What does "Novara" mean?
As a proper noun, "Novara" means: im italienischen Piemont gelegene Großstadt
How do you pronounce "Novara"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Novara" is [noˈvaːʁa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Novara" come from?
"Novara" 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 "Novara", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

obiges#79,553nistet#79,545naives#79,534Murcia#79,520

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list