NPR
The verdict
“NPR” is uncommon German (frequency #83,112 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,112
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - internationaler Währungscode für nepalesische Rupie, die Währung von Nepal
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | NPR |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #83,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “NPR” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
NPR is uncommon German at frequency #83,112 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for NPR, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is NPR, spelled N-P-R.
Definition
- 1internationaler Währungscode für nepalesische Rupie, die Währung von Nepal
- 2(2) der amerikanische „Kultursender (National Public Radio)
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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Using “NPR”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-P-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.