nicht

/nɪçt/

//nɪçt// adv

The verdict

“nicht” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,193 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,193
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - não.

Corpus desk

Index PT-nicht · nicht · Portuguese

nicht · rank #71,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,193
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH oblivion

Nearest frequency peer: oblivion (+4 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “nicht”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “nicht” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nicht
PropertyValue
Headwordnicht
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
IPA/nɪçt/
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “nicht” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).nichtcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “oblivion” (#71,197), “nalguma” (#71,188), “module” (#71,177). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “nicht” fica em #71,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nicht is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,193 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /nɪçt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "não.".

nicht has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is nicht, spelled N-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    não.

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nicht"?
"nicht" is spelled N-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is /nɪçt/.
What does "nicht" mean?
As an adverb, "nicht" means: não.
How do you pronounce "nicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nicht" is /nɪçt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nicht" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nicht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list