NRA

[ɛnʔaɹˈʔɛɪ̯]

/[ɛnʔaɹˈʔɛɪ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“NRA” is uncommon German (frequency #71,668 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,668
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organisation der US-amerikanischen Schusswaffenlobby

Corpus desk

Index DE-nra · NRA · German

NRA · rank #71,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,668
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nouvelles

Nearest frequency peer: nouvelles (-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 „NRA“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „NRA“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for NRA
PropertyValue
HeadwordNRA
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛnʔaɹˈʔɛɪ̯]
Letters3
Frequency rank#71,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „NRA“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.NRAfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nouvelles“ (#71,667), „Notunterkunft“ (#71,666), „Oberammergau“ (#71,670). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „NRA“ bei #71,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

NRA is uncommon German at frequency #71,668 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛnʔaɹˈʔɛɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Organisation der US-amerikanischen Schusswaffenlobby".

Zero misspellings are on record for NRA in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is NRA, spelled N-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organisation der US-amerikanischen Schusswaffenlobby

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Mein Vater war zeit seines Lebens Mitglied der NRA. Er hat uns Kindern das Schießen beigebracht.“
  2. „Die rechten Idioten bringen den Zwischenfall mit Hillary Clinton in Verbindung und behaupten, sie wolle damit irgendeinen Standpunkt bezüglich der Waffengesetze verdeutlichen und gleichzeitig von ihren dreiunddreißigtausend verschwundenen E-Mails ablenken; die linken Idioten geben der NRA die Schuld, die angeblich irgendeinen Standpunkt bezüglich der Waf…

This word in other languages

NRA(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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "NRA"?
"NRA" is spelled N-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛnʔaɹˈʔɛɪ̯].
What does "NRA" mean?
As a noun, "NRA" means: Organisation der US-amerikanischen Schusswaffenlobby
How do you pronounce "NRA"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "NRA" is [ɛnʔaɹˈʔɛɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "NRA" come from?
"NRA" 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 "NRA", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

NAP#71,650MPG#71,637SNP#71,848IRR#71,484

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list