Nudel
[ˈnuːdl̩]
The verdict
“Nudel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,557
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rohe oder gekochte, verschiedenartig geformte Teigware aus eiweiß- und stärkereichen Mehlen, Wasser und eventuell weiteren Zutaten
Corpus desk
Index DE-nudel · Nudel · German
Nudel · rank #26,557 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,557
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Notstand
Nearest frequency peer: Notstand (-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 „Nudel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- nor
nor
73,447 corpus weight
- nordwestlich
nordwestlich
73,446 corpus weight
- Notstand
Notstand
73,445 corpus weight
- Nudel
Nudel
73,444 corpus weight
- Nussbaum
Nussbaum
73,443 corpus weight
- oberer
oberer
73,442 corpus weight
What this shows „Nudel“ 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 | Nudel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnuːdl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Nudel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Nudel (IPA [ˈnuːdl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,557 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nudel, with forms such as "nduel", "nnudel", and "nuddel". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "null", "Nudeln", "nel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nudel, spelled N-U-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1rohe oder gekochte, verschiedenartig geformte Teigware aus eiweiß- und stärkereichen Mehlen, Wasser und eventuell weiteren Zutaten
- 2umgangssprachlich, meist mit einem Attribut: Bezeichnung für einen Menschen mit einer bestimmten Eigenschaft
- 3männliches Fortpflanzungsorgan; Penis
- 4Kartoffel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nudel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die längste Nudel der Welt war 180 Meter lang.
„Šurlice“ sind traditionelle Nudeln, die um eine Stricknadel herum von Hand geformt werden, sind eine beliebte Beilage zu Lammgulasch oder Meeresfrüchten.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nduel
- nnudel
- nuddel
- nudell
- nudle
- nuedl
- undel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nudel - 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 "Nudel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).