neither here nor there
"neither-here-nor-there" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neither here nor there” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.
Corpus desk
Index EN-neither-here-nor-there · neither here nor there · English
neither here nor there · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neither here nor there |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “neither here nor there” in English
Rare enough to double-check
neither here nor there is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.".
neither here nor there doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is neither here nor there, spelled N-E-I-T-H-E-R- -H-E-R-E- -N-O-R- -T-H-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how neither here nor there appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter.
I had life troubles and heart troubles which are neither here nor there in this narrative. But, combined with them, were intellectual troubles which are indeed germane.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.