Np
The verdict
“Np” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,003) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #18,003
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neptunium
Corpus desk
Index DE-np · Np · German
Np · rank #18,003 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,003
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Norweger
Nearest frequency peer: Norweger (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Np“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Nonnen
Nonnen
82,001 corpus weight
- Normalfall
Normalfall
82,000 corpus weight
- Norweger
Norweger
81,999 corpus weight
- Np
Np
81,998 corpus weight
- Nächstenlie…
Nächstenliebe
81,997 corpus weight
- näheres
näheres
81,996 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Np“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Np |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #18,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Np“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Np is neighbouring look-alikes ("NS", "NT", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #18,003 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Neptunium".
Zero misspellings are on record for Np in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NS", "NT", "ny", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Np, spelled N-P.
Definition
- 1Neptunium
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Np appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Np → Np³⁺ + 3 e⁻
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.