nattery
"nattery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nattery” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - talkative; chatty
Corpus desk
Index EN-nattery · nattery · English
nattery · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nattery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nattery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nattery is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
nattery doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From natter + -y. The correct English form is nattery, spelled N-A-T-T-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1talkative; chatty
- 2peevish
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nattery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was a maddening person from whom you would flee if you met her in real life: a nattery, chattery, high-strung, high-flown bundle of pretensions with a lot of Ancient Mariner in her. But on the screen, a delight.
Some people can indeed do much of their narrating in a nattery manner, verbalizing whatever pops into their heads in the same basic disorder. Chatterboxes, we call them: motor-mouths.
Etymology
From natter + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.