nain
"nain" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nain” is uncommon English (frequency #89,665 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,665
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A grandmother.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nain · nain · English
nain · rank #89,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,665
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nabs
Nearest frequency peer: nabs (-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 “nain”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- multicore
multicore
10,343 corpus weight
- musicale
musicale
10,341 corpus weight
- Musso
Musso
10,340 corpus weight
- nabs
nabs
10,337 corpus weight
- nain
nain
10,336 corpus weight
- Nemeth
Nemeth
10,329 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nain” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nain |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #89,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nain” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nain is uncommon English at frequency #89,665 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A grandmother.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nain, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Welsh nain (“grandmother”). The correct English form is nain, spelled N-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1A grandmother.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Coordinate term: taid
Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams, dads, nains and taids of Wales to see where they go to treat their kids to some really good, tasty food.
Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh nain (“grandmother”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).