null

/[nʊl]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,314

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

null is anGermanadj. It means: überhaupt kein, überhaupt keine Pronounced [nʊl]. It ranks #2,314 in German word frequency. Often confused with nur and nun.

Key facts for null
PropertyValue
Headwordnull
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[nʊl]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,314
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of null in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for null is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nʊl]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,314 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "überhaupt kein, überhaupt keine".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for null, with forms such as "nlul", "nnull", and "nul". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "nur", "nun", "nut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is null, spelled N-U-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    überhaupt kein, überhaupt keine

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nlul,nnull,nul,unll

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for null

Misspelling Variants of "null"

nlul4nnull5nul3unll4
Misspelling Variants of "null"

Frequency rank: #2,314 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "null"?
"null" is spelled N-U-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [nʊl].
What does "null" mean?
As an adj, "null" means: überhaupt kein, überhaupt keine
What words are commonly confused with "null"?
"null" is commonly confused with "nur", "nun", "nut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "null"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "null" is [nʊl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "null" come from?
"null" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter N in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.