Nigam
"nigam" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nigam” is uncommon English (frequency #80,706 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,706
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Hindi.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nigam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nigam” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nigam is uncommon English at frequency #80,706 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Hindi.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Nigam in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi निगम (nigam). This surname is mostly found in Uttar Pradesh. The correct English form is Nigam, spelled N-I-G-A-M.
Definition
- 1A surname from Hindi.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi निगम (nigam). This surname is mostly found in Uttar Pradesh.
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 “Nigam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-I-G-A-M - 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.