nebulae
/ˈnɛbjʊliː/
"nebulae" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nebulae” is uncommon English (frequency #53,725 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,725
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of nebula
Corpus desk
Index EN-nebulae · nebulae · English
nebulae · rank #53,725 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,725
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nebuchadnezzar
Nearest frequency peer: Nebuchadnezzar (-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 “nebulae”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mythologies
mythologies
46,279 corpus weight
- Nebuchadnez…
Nebuchadnezzar
46,277 corpus weight
- nebulae
nebulae
46,276 corpus weight
- neigh
neigh
46,275 corpus weight
- Nessa
Nessa
46,274 corpus weight
- neuroimaging
neuroimaging
46,273 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nebulae” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nebulae |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnɛbjʊliː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,725 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nebulae” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nebulae is uncommon English at frequency #53,725 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnɛbjʊliː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of nebula".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nebulae, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is nebulae, spelled N-E-B-U-L-A-E.
Definition
- 1plural of nebula
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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