Nablus
/ˈnæbləs/
"nablus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nablus” is uncommon English (frequency #57,584 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,584
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, the capital of Nablus governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nablus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈnæbləs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nablus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nablus is uncommon English at frequency #57,584 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈnæbləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Nablus, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ottoman Turkish نابلس (Nablus) and Arabic نَابُلُس (Nābulus), from Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from Ancient Greek νέᾱ́ (néā́, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Nabeul, Naples, Napoli, Neapoli, and Neapolis. The correct English form is Nablus, spelled N-A-B-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1A city, the capital of Nablus governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
- 2A governorate of the West Bank, Palestine. Capital: Nablus.
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish نابلس (Nablus) and Arabic نَابُلُس (Nābulus), from Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from Ancient Greek νέᾱ́ (néā́, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Nabeul, Naples, Napoli, Neapoli, and Neapolis.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Nablus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-A-B-L-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.