nid
"nid" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nid” is uncommon English (frequency #51,277 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,277
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of nide (“nest of pheasants”).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nid is uncommon English at frequency #51,277 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of nide (“nest of pheasants”).".
Zero misspellings are on record for nid in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is nid, spelled N-I-D.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of nide (“nest of pheasants”).
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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Using “nid”
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- The one correct English spelling is N-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.