nid
"nid" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nid” is uncommon English (frequency #51,277 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,277
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of nide (“nest of pheasants”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-nid · nid · English
nid · rank #51,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,277
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nighthawk
Nearest frequency peer: nighthawk (+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 “nid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- namespace
namespace
48,729 corpus weight
- newsfeed
newsfeed
48,727 corpus weight
- nid
nid
48,724 corpus weight
- nighthawk
nighthawk
48,722 corpus weight
- Niu
Niu
48,721 corpus weight
- Nogales
Nogales
48,719 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “nid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nid is uncommon English at frequency #51,277 among 1,534 “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”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Owing to the size of the enclosure, most of the hens will commence their laying and nesting operations in the same or similar manner to unrestrained birds, forming their nids, and proceeding in the usual way. The aim of the mode of introducing pheasants here described is […]
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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