# Nazarene

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #48,376

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.
2. Of or relating to the Church of the Nazarene.

## Etymology
In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “of Nazareth”), an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth). In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος (Nazōraîos), which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, see the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’.

## Easily confused with
- **Nazareth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nazarene-vs-nazareth)

## Common misspellings (11)
`anzarene`, `naazrene`, `nazaerne`, `nazareen`, `nazarenne`, `nazarnee`, `nazarrene`, `nazraene`, `nazzarene`, `nnazarene`, `nzaarene`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nazarene