naan
/nɑn/noun
naan is spelled N-A-A-N: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, naan means “A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of naan is naans.
How many letters and syllables are in naan?
| Letters | 4: N-A-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is naan?
Naan appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce naan?
- UK /nɑːn/
- US /nɑn/
- US /næn/
Naan has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-naan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with naan
Also written: nan.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with naan?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as naan from its last stressed vowel (/ɑn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: anna, nana, anan.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of naan
- naans plural
- nan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does naan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Naan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense flat bread:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | naan |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does naan come from?
From Hindi नान (nān) / Urdu نان (nān), from Classical Persian نان (nān), from Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).