nailbed
"nailbed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nailbed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nailbed · nailbed · English
nailbed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nailbed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nailbed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nailbed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.".
nailbed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nail + bed. The correct English form is nailbed, spelled N-A-I-L-B-E-D.
Definition
- 1The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nailbed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On close inspection one of the nails will be found to be damaged, often with the nailbed exposed.
Etymology
From nail + bed.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.