nares
[ˈnɛə.ɹiz]
"nares" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nares” is uncommon English (frequency #82,581 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,581
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of naris
Corpus desk
Index EN-nares · nares · English
nares · rank #82,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,581
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nanoscience
Nearest frequency peer: nanoscience (-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 “nares”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nanoscience
nanoscience
17,421 corpus weight
- nares
nares
17,420 corpus weight
- naughtiness
naughtiness
17,418 corpus weight
- Navidad
Navidad
17,417 corpus weight
- Nederlands
Nederlands
17,416 corpus weight
- neer
neer
17,415 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nares” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nares |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɛə.ɹiz] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nares” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nares is uncommon English at frequency #82,581 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnɛə.ɹiz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nares, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is nares, spelled N-A-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of naris
- 2plural of nare
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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