nightdress
/ˈnaɪt.dɹes/
"nightdress" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nightdress” is uncommon English (frequency #97,356 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,356
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A nightgown; (usually female) attire designed to be worn to bed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nightdress · nightdress · English
nightdress · rank #97,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,356
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nisan
Nearest frequency peer: Nisan (+3 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 “nightdress”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Nestorian
Nestorian
2,650 corpus weight
- Neuwirth
Neuwirth
2,649 corpus weight
- nightdress
nightdress
2,645 corpus weight
- Nisan
Nisan
2,642 corpus weight
- NMP
NMP
2,639 corpus weight
- Nobbs
Nobbs
2,638 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nightdress” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nightdress |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnaɪt.dɹes/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nightdress” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nightdress is uncommon English at frequency #97,356 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnaɪt.dɹes/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A nightgown; (usually female) attire designed to be worn to bed.".
nightdress doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From night + dress. The correct English form is nightdress, spelled N-I-G-H-T-D-R-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1A nightgown; (usually female) attire designed to be worn to bed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nightdress appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was too modest to come downstairs dressed only in her nightdress.
The window of the room was open, and beside the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his nightdress.
Etymology
From night + dress.
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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