Narvik
/ˈnɑː(ɹ)vɪk/
"narvik" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Narvik” is uncommon English (frequency #86,554 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,554
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town and municipality in Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Narvik |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈnɑː(ɹ)vɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Narvik” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Narvik is uncommon English at frequency #86,554 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈnɑː(ɹ)vɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town and municipality in Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway.".
Narvik has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Originally a Norwegian farm name; from Old Norse Knarravík or *Njarðarvík The correct English form is Narvik, spelled N-A-R-V-I-K.
Definition
- 1A town and municipality in Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway.
Etymology
Originally a Norwegian farm name; from Old Norse Knarravík or *Njarðarvík
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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Using “Narvik”
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- The one correct English spelling is N-A-R-V-I-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.