nasally
/ˈneɪzəli/
"nasally" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nasally” is uncommon English (frequency #94,033 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,033
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a nasal manner or tone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nasally · nasally · English
nasally · rank #94,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,033
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH narrowband
Nearest frequency peer: narrowband (-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 “nasally”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nanga
nanga
5,973 corpus weight
- narine
narine
5,970 corpus weight
- narrowband
narrowband
5,969 corpus weight
- nasally
nasally
5,968 corpus weight
- Nazaire
Nazaire
5,965 corpus weight
- nebulizer
nebulizer
5,963 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nasally” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nasally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈneɪzəli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nasally” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nasally is uncommon English at frequency #94,033 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈneɪzəli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for nasally in our index, 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nasal + -ly. The correct English form is nasally, spelled N-A-S-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a nasal manner or tone.
- 2By, through or using the nose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nasally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
speak nasally
Among the Arabs, who are highly sensitive to aromas as sexual stimulants, perfume is applied for this purpose to the mouth, the armpits, nasally, and the pudenda muliebria.
Etymology
From nasal + -ly.
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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