Nassim
"nassim" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nassim” is uncommon English (frequency #86,555 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,555
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Arabic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nassim · Nassim · English
Nassim · rank #86,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,555
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Narvik
Nearest frequency peer: Narvik (-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 “Nassim”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nack
nack
13,451 corpus weight
- nanite
nanite
13,449 corpus weight
- Narvik
Narvik
13,447 corpus weight
- Nassim
Nassim
13,446 corpus weight
- naturopathic
naturopathic
13,443 corpus weight
- Nealon
Nealon
13,442 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Nassim” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nassim |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Nassim” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Nassim is uncommon English at frequency #86,555 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Nassim in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic نسيم or Persian نسیم. The correct English form is Nassim, spelled N-A-S-S-I-M.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Arabic.
- 2A surname from Arabic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nassim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The play White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been performed around the world and translated into 15 languages since 2011. But its writer Nassim Soleimanpour had never seen it - until this month.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic نسيم or Persian نسیم.
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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