Nablus
/ˈnæbləs/
"nablus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nablus” is uncommon English (frequency #57,584 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,584
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the capital of Nablus governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nablus · Nablus · English
Nablus · rank #57,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,584
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH München
Nearest frequency peer: München (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Nablus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- musky
musky
42,422 corpus weight
- muss
muss
42,421 corpus weight
- München
München
42,418 corpus weight
- Nablus
Nablus
42,417 corpus weight
- naf
naf
42,416 corpus weight
- Nagaland
Nagaland
42,415 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Nablus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Nablus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Nablus is uncommon English at frequency #57,584 among 1,534 “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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