negus

/ˈniːɡəs/

//ˈniːɡəs// noun

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"negus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“negus” is uncommon English (frequency #70,111 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,111
frequency rank, English
1,534
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.

Corpus desk

Index EN-negus · negus · English

negus · rank #70,111 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,111
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH neoconservati…

Nearest frequency peer: neoconservative (+2 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 “negus”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “negus” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for negus
PropertyValue
Headwordnegus
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈniːɡəs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,111
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “negus” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).negus lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

negus is uncommon English at frequency #70,111 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈniːɡəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.".

Zero misspellings are on record for negus in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Named from Colonel Francis Negus (died 1732), its creator. The correct English form is negus, spelled N-E-G-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how negus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And when he got home he had a glass of hot negus in his wife's sitting-room, and read the last number of the “Little Dorrit” of the day with great inward satisfaction.
  2. Esther began […] to cry. But when the fire had been lit specially to warm her chilled limbs and Adela had plied her with hot negus she began to feel rather a heroine.

Etymology

Named from Colonel Francis Negus (died 1732), its creator.

This word in other languages

Negus(Deutsch)

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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "negus"?
"negus" is spelled N-E-G-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈniːɡəs/.
What does "negus" mean?
As a noun, "negus" means: A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
How do you pronounce "negus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "negus" is /ˈniːɡəs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "negus"?
Named from Colonel Francis Negus (died 1732), its creator. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "negus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list