nuclear
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The verdict
“nuclear” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,705
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nuklear, Nuklear-
Corpus desk
Index DE-nuclear · nuclear · German
nuclear · rank #37,705 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,705
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nous
Nearest frequency peer: nous (-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 „nuclear“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- niederöster…
niederösterreichischen
62,299 corpus weight
- Nordseeküste
Nordseeküste
62,298 corpus weight
- nous
nous
62,297 corpus weight
- nuclear
nuclear
62,296 corpus weight
- Nährstoffen
Nährstoffen
62,295 corpus weight
- Nüssen
Nüssen
62,294 corpus weight
What this shows „nuclear“ 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 | nuclear |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „nuclear“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around nuclear (IPA […]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,705 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nuklear, Nuklear-".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nuclear, with forms such as "nculear", "nnuclear", and "nucclear". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nuklear", "nukleare", "of", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is nuclear, spelled N-U-C-L-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1nuklear, Nuklear-
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nculear
- nnuclear
- nucclear
- nucelar
- nuclaer
- nuclearr
- nuclera
- nucllear
- nulcear
- unclear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nuclear - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "nuclear", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).