Narita

name

"narita" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Narita” is uncommon English (frequency #58,227 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,227
frequency rank, English
1,534
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Corpus desk

Index EN-narita · Narita · English

Narita · rank #58,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,227
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH Márquez

Nearest frequency peer: Márquez (-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 “Narita”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Narita” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Narita
PropertyValue
HeadwordNarita
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Narita” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Naritafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Márquez” (#58,226), “nauseated” (#58,228), “Myrna” (#58,225). Among 1,534 “N” headwords, “Narita” is #58,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Narita is uncommon English at frequency #58,227 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Narita, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 成田 (Narita). The correct English form is Narita, spelled N-A-R-I-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
  2. 2
    An international airport serving Tokyo, Japan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Narita appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Narita City spread out below her, a vast, sprawling patchwork of densely packed residential neighborhoods and industrial farmlands, threaded through by freeways and broken up by small, rectilinear forests.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 成田 (Narita).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Narita"?
"Narita" is spelled N-A-R-I-T-A.
What does "Narita" mean?
As a proper noun, "Narita" means: A city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
What is the origin of the word "Narita"?
Borrowed from Japanese 成田 (Narita). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Narita", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list