Niamey
/njɑːˈmeɪ/
"niamey" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Niamey” is uncommon English (frequency #86,568 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,568
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital city of Niger.
Corpus desk
Index EN-niamey · Niamey · English
Niamey · rank #86,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,568
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH newsboy
Nearest frequency peer: newsboy (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Niamey”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Nellore
Nellore
13,439 corpus weight
- neurocognit…
neurocognitive
13,437 corpus weight
- neurogenic
neurogenic
13,436 corpus weight
- newsboy
newsboy
13,435 corpus weight
- Niamey
Niamey
13,433 corpus weight
- Niya
Niya
13,431 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Niamey” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Niamey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /njɑːˈmeɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Niamey” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Niamey is uncommon English at frequency #86,568 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /njɑːˈmeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The capital city of Niger.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Niamey, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Niamey, spelled N-I-A-M-E-Y.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Niger.
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.
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