NSU

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The verdict

“NSU” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,456) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#6,456
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund: rechtsextreme terroristische Vereinigung

Corpus desk

Index DE-nsu · NSU · German

NSU · rank #6,456 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,456
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nominiert

Nearest frequency peer: nominiert (-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 „NSU“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „NSU“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

NSU vs NT
33% similar
NSU vs ny
0% similar
NSU vs nur
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for NSU
PropertyValue
HeadwordNSU
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#6,456
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „NSU“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).NSUliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „nominiert“ (#6,455), „nördlichen“ (#6,457), „Nationalsozialismus“ (#6,454). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „NSU“ bei #6,456. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for NSU is neighbouring look-alikes ("NT", "ny", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced […]. Frequency #6,456 among 1,954 “N” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

NSU has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NT", "ny", "nur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is NSU, spelled N-S-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund: rechtsextreme terroristische Vereinigung
  2. 2
    Nabelschnurumschlingung
  3. 3
    Nettostückumsatz
  4. 4
    Vereinigte Fahrzeugwerke AG Neckarsulm

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Bundesanwaltschaft macht die im November 2011 aufgeflogene Terrorzelle Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund (NSU) für neun Morde an Kleinunternehmern ausländischer Herkunft sowie für den Mord an einer Polizistin verantwortlich.“
  2. „Auch die Besucher freuten sich über schöne Audi, NSU und DKW.“

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 "NSU"?
"NSU" is spelled N-S-U. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "NSU" mean?
As an abbreviation, "NSU" means: Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund: rechtsextreme terroristische Vereinigung
What words are commonly confused with "NSU"?
"NSU" is commonly confused with "NT", "ny", "nur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "NSU"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "NSU" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "NSU" come from?
"NSU" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "NSU", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

but#6,402DAT#6,524vol#6,374Ios#6,549

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list