Nyx
[nʏks]
The verdict
“Nyx” is uncommon German (frequency #77,125 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,125
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Göttin und Personifikation der Nacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-nyx · Nyx · German
Nyx · rank #77,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,125
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH numerisch
Nearest frequency peer: numerisch (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Nyx“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nordufer
Nordufer
22,881 corpus weight
- Novize
Novize
22,880 corpus weight
- numerisch
numerisch
22,877 corpus weight
- Nyx
Nyx
22,876 corpus weight
- Oberherrsch…
Oberherrschaft
22,873 corpus weight
- Oberlicht
Oberlicht
22,871 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nyx“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nyx |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nʏks] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nyx“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nyx is uncommon German at frequency #77,125 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nʏks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Göttin und Personifikation der Nacht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Nyx, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Nyx, spelled N-Y-X.
Definition
- 1Göttin und Personifikation der Nacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nyx appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die römischen Dichter Vergil und Ovid nennen die Erinnyen als Nachkommen der Nyx.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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