nah
[næː]interjection
nah is spelled N-A-H: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, nah means “No” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nah?
| Letters | 3: N-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 nah?
Nah appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th 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 nah?
- [næː]
- [nɑː]
- [naː]
Nah 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-nah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with nah
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with nah?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nah.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: han.
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).
What does nah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
informalNo.
Nah, I'd win.
- 2
here! (when giving something).
Nah, take this.
phrase
- 1
Initialism of no assholes here; used as a response to AITA (“am I the asshole?”) to indicate that the speaker believes that no parties involved are assholes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nah in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense no:
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 nah come from?
Colloquial/unarticulated form of no + -uh. Compare yeah = yes + -uh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).