Numerus
[ˈnuːməʁʊs]
The verdict
“Numerus” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #48,358 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,358
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Zahl oder die Anzahl beschriebener Begriffe (zum Beispiel Mehrzahl), die Substantive, die zugehörigen Artikel, Pronomina und Adjektive und auch die Verben in ihrer jeweiligen Flexion zum Ausdru...
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 | Numerus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnuːməʁʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Numerus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Numerus is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnuːməʁʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,358 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Numerus, with forms such as "nmuerus", "nnumerus", and "nuemrus". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "numbers", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Numerus, spelled N-U-M-E-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1die Zahl oder die Anzahl beschriebener Begriffe (zum Beispiel Mehrzahl), die Substantive, die zugehörigen Artikel, Pronomina und Adjektive und auch die Verben in ihrer jeweiligen Flexion zum Ausdruck bringen können
- 2Funktionsargument der Logarithmusfunktion
- 3eine römische Hilfstruppe
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nmuerus,nnumerus,nuemrus,numerrus,numersu,numeruss,numeurs,nummerus,numreus,unmerus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Numerus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Numerus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-U-M-E-R-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnuːməʁʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “numbers” - see the side-by-side comparison. Numerus vs numbers
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.