nanowire
"nanowire" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nanowire” is uncommon English (frequency #97,344 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,344
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A wire whose width is of the order of nanometers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nanowire · nanowire · English
nanowire · rank #97,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,344
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nanos
Nearest frequency peer: Nanos (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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Long-tail ranks near “nanowire”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- muscling
muscling
2,665 corpus weight
- mystically
mystically
2,662 corpus weight
- Nanos
Nanos
2,658 corpus weight
- nanowire
nanowire
2,657 corpus weight
- Nestorian
Nestorian
2,650 corpus weight
- Neuwirth
Neuwirth
2,649 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nanowire” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nanowire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nanowire” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nanowire is uncommon English at frequency #97,344 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A wire whose width is of the order of nanometers.".
nanowire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nano- + wire. The correct English form is nanowire, spelled N-A-N-O-W-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1A wire whose width is of the order of nanometers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nanowire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nanoparticles will also be the building blocks for complex structures like nanowires and molecule electronic devices.
Etymology
From nano- + wire.
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); 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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