nametag
"nametag" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nametag” is uncommon English (frequency #78,853 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,853
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tag with one's name inscribed on it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nametag · nametag · English
nametag · rank #78,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,853
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nanotech
Nearest frequency peer: nanotech (+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 “nametag”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- multimeter
multimeter
21,153 corpus weight
- multiplatfo…
multiplatform
21,152 corpus weight
- mutha
mutha
21,151 corpus weight
- nametag
nametag
21,148 corpus weight
- nanotech
nanotech
21,147 corpus weight
- naproxen
naproxen
21,146 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nametag” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nametag |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nametag” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nametag is uncommon English at frequency #78,853 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tag with one's name inscribed on it.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nametag, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From name + tag. The correct English form is nametag, spelled N-A-M-E-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1A tag with one's name inscribed on it.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nametag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here's your nametag for the business conference.
We'd better put nametags in the children's school uniforms, in case they get mixed up.
Etymology
From name + tag.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).