negroni
/nəˈɡɹoʊni/
"negroni" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“negroni” is uncommon English (frequency #84,554 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,554
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cocktail consisting of gin, Campari and vermouth, usually in equal parts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-negroni · negroni · English
negroni · rank #84,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,554
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 24,391
- PHOTO-FINISH Naveed
Nearest frequency peer: Naveed (-4 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “negroni”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nativism
nativism
15,453 corpus weight
- Naveed
Naveed
15,451 corpus weight
- negroni
negroni
15,447 corpus weight
- Noblesville
Noblesville
15,442 corpus weight
- nonfunction…
nonfunctional
15,441 corpus weight
- nonlinearity
nonlinearity
15,440 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “negroni” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | negroni |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /nəˈɡɹoʊni/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “negroni” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
negroni is uncommon English at frequency #84,554 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /nəˈɡɹoʊni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cocktail consisting of gin, Campari and vermouth, usually in equal parts.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for negroni, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian negroni, from surname Italian Negroni, from Italian negri (“black”) + Italian -oni (“(ablative) from, of”). The origin of the drink's name is disputed, most often attributed to being named after Count Camillo Negroni (1868–1934), who a… The correct English form is negroni, spelled N-E-G-R-O-N-I.
Definition
- 1A cocktail consisting of gin, Campari and vermouth, usually in equal parts.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian negroni, from surname Italian Negroni, from Italian negri (“black”) + Italian -oni (“(ablative) from, of”). The origin of the drink's name is disputed, most often attributed to being named after Count Camillo Negroni (1868–1934), who asked for an early form of this cocktail.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.