Novara

[noˈvaːʁa]

/[noˈvaːʁa]/ name

The verdict

“Novara” is an uncommon German word, ranked #79,550 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#79,550
frequency rank, German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im italienischen Piemont gelegene Großstadt

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:

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Novara is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [noˈvaːʁa]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,550 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "im italienischen Piemont gelegene Großstadt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Novara in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Novara, spelled N-O-V-A-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    im italienischen Piemont gelegene Großstadt

This word in other languages

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Novara”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-O-V-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [noˈvaːʁa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our German index:

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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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list