Nyx

/[nʏks]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#77,125

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Nyx is aGermannoun. It means: Göttin und Personifikation der Nacht Pronounced [nʏks].

Key facts for Nyx
PropertyValue
HeadwordNyx
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[nʏks]
Letters3
Frequency rank#77,125
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Nyx is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nʏks]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,125 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Göttin und Personifikation der Nacht".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Nyx in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Nyx, spelled N-Y-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Göttin und Personifikation der Nacht

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #77,125 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nyx"?
"Nyx" is spelled N-Y-X. The IPA pronunciation is [nʏks].
What does "Nyx" mean?
As a noun, "Nyx" means: Göttin und Personifikation der Nacht
How do you pronounce "Nyx"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nyx" is [nʏks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nyx" come from?
"Nyx" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.