nbsp
"nbsp" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nbsp” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,856. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,856
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Initialism of non-breaking space.
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 | nbsp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #25,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nbsp” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around nbsp, anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,856 among 24,391 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Initialism of non-breaking space.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for nbsp, with forms such as "bnsp", "nbbsp", and "nbps". 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, "NP", "NHS", "NSA", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is nbsp, spelled N-B-S-P.
Definition
- 1Initialism of non-breaking space.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bnsp
- nbbsp
- nbps
- nbspp
- nbssp
- nnbsp
- nsbp
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nbsp - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “nbsp”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-B-S-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “NP” - see the side-by-side comparison. nbsp vs NP
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.