nüchtern
[ˈnʏçtɐn]
The verdict
“nüchtern” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,604
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Alkohol im Blut
Corpus desk
Index DE-nuchtern · nüchtern · German
nüchtern · rank #8,604 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,604
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Neonazis
Nearest frequency peer: Neonazis (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „nüchtern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- nachhaltige
nachhaltige
91,400 corpus weight
- Neapel
Neapel
91,399 corpus weight
- Neonazis
Neonazis
91,398 corpus weight
- nüchtern
nüchtern
91,397 corpus weight
- optisch
optisch
91,396 corpus weight
- ordentliche
ordentliche
91,395 corpus weight
What this shows „nüchtern“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | nüchtern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnʏçtɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „nüchtern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around nüchtern (IPA [ˈnʏçtɐn]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,604 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for nüchtern, with forms such as "ncühtern", "nnüchtern", and "nücchtern". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nüchterne", "nüchternen", "Nächten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is nüchtern, spelled N-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1ohne Alkohol im Blut
- 2mit leerem Magen
- 3sehr rational denkend und handelnd; auf Wesentliches, Sachliches beschränkt
- 4ungesalzene, ungewürzte Speise
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nüchtern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beim Autofahren sollte man besser nüchtern sein.
Nüchtern betrachtet ist besoffen besser als nüchtern.(Spruch an Kneipenklotür)
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ncühtern
- nnüchtern
- nücchtern
- nüchetrn
- nüchhtern
- nüchtenr
- nüchternn
- nüchterrn
- nüchtren
- nüchttern
- nücthern
- nühctern
- ünchtern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nüchtern - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nüchtern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).