# news

> English word · Noun · IPA /njuːz/ · frequency rank #350

## Definitions
1. New information of interest.
2. Information about current events disseminated by the media.
3. Messages posted on newsgroups.

## Etymology
From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s (plural suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though, unlike the English word, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports".

## Easily confused with
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-now)
- **NHS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nhs)
- **NSW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nsw)
- **nos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nos)
- **nis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nis)
- **NWA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nwa)
- **NWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nws)
- **ney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-ney)
- **NWO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nwo)
- **NEX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nex)
- **NFS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nfs)
- **next** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-next)
- **nuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nuts)
- **nuns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nuns)
- **nods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nods)
- **newt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-newt)
- **nous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nous)
- **nexus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-nexus)
- **Newsom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-newsom)
- **ne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ne-vs-news)

## Common misspellings (6)
`enws`, `nesw`, `newss`, `newws`, `nnews`, `nwes`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/news