nasi
/ˈnɑː.si/
"nasi" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nasi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #47,788) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #47,788
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cooked rice.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nasi · nasi · English
nasi · rank #47,788 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,788
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nary
Nearest frequency peer: nary (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “nasi”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- Naperville
Naperville
52,215 corpus weight
- nary
nary
52,214 corpus weight
- nasi
nasi
52,213 corpus weight
- Nasr
Nasr
52,212 corpus weight
- Newburgh
Newburgh
52,209 corpus weight
- newsflash
newsflash
52,208 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “nasi” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nasi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnɑː.si/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #47,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “nasi”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nasi is neighbouring look-alikes ("ni", "NHS", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈnɑː.si/. Frequency #47,788 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Cooked rice.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for nasi, with forms such as "nais", "nassi", and "nnasi". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ni", "NHS", "NSA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Malay nasi. The correct English form is nasi, spelled N-A-S-I.
Definition
- 1Cooked rice.
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay nasi.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nais
- nassi
- nnasi
- nsai
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nasi - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nasi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).