nuts
[nʌts]
The verdict
“nuts” is uncommon German (frequency #70,632 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,632
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - verrückt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuts |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [nʌts] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nuts” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nuts is uncommon German at frequency #70,632 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [nʌts]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verrückt".
Zero misspellings are on record for nuts in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 nuts, spelled N-U-T-S.
Definition
- 1verrückt
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 “nuts”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-U-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [nʌts] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.