na
/nɑː/
"na" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“na” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,512) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #3,512
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not.
Corpus desk
Index EN-na · na · English
na · rank #3,512 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,512
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 24,391
- PHOTO-FINISH Moscow
Nearest frequency peer: Moscow (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “na”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- min
min
96,492 corpus weight
- morgan
morgan
96,491 corpus weight
- Moscow
Moscow
96,490 corpus weight
- na
na
96,489 corpus weight
- nervous
nervous
96,488 corpus weight
- newly
newly
96,487 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “na” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | na |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /nɑː/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #3,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “na” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for na is neighbouring look-alikes ("NC", "ne", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced /nɑː/. Frequency #3,512 among 24,391 “N” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for na in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NC", "ne", "NJ", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English na, from Old English nā, from Old English ne (“not”) + ā (“ever”). More at no. The correct English form is na, spelled N-A.
Definition
- 1Not.
- 2No.
Etymology
From Middle English na, from Old English nā, from Old English ne (“not”) + ā (“ever”). More at no.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.