nightie
/ˈnaɪti/
"nightie" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nightie” is uncommon English (frequency #85,576 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,576
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nightie · nightie · English
nightie · rank #85,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,576
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nisei
Nearest frequency peer: Nisei (+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 “nightie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ndebele
Ndebele
14,436 corpus weight
- neuroplasti…
neuroplasticity
14,432 corpus weight
- nightie
nightie
14,425 corpus weight
- Nisei
Nisei
14,423 corpus weight
- nomos
nomos
14,421 corpus weight
- nonreligious
nonreligious
14,420 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nightie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nightie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnaɪti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nightie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nightie is uncommon English at frequency #85,576 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnaɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nightie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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: From night + -ie (diminutive suffix). The correct English form is nightie, spelled N-I-G-H-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nightie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.
The clip shows the 67-year-old enfant terrible of French letters in pyjamas lying on a bed next to a woman in a nightie, smoking and laughing.
Etymology
From night + -ie (diminutive suffix).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).