nightie
/ˈnaɪti/
"nightie" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nightie” is uncommon English (frequency #85,576 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,576
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
| 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) |
Where “nightie” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nightie is uncommon English at frequency #85,576 among 24,391 “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.
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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Using “nightie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-I-G-H-T-I-E - 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.