novus
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The verdict
“novus” is uncommon German (frequency #67,561 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,561
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - neu, jung
Corpus desk
Index DE-novus · novus · German
novus · rank #67,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,561
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH notariell
Nearest frequency peer: notariell (-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 „novus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- niederbrenn…
niederbrennen
32,444 corpus weight
- nim
nim
32,443 corpus weight
- notariell
notariell
32,441 corpus weight
- novus
novus
32,440 corpus weight
- Näherin
Näherin
32,437 corpus weight
- Nährwert
Nährwert
32,436 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „novus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | novus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „novus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
novus is uncommon German at frequency #67,561 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
novus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 novus, spelled N-O-V-U-S.
Definition
- 1neu, jung
- 2„novissimus“
- 3„novissimus“
- 4„novissimus“
- 5„novissimus“
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how novus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Cui dono lepidum novum libellum / arida modo pumice expolitum?“ (Catull. 1,1–2)
Antonyms
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).