nightwear
/ˈnaɪt.wɛə/
"nightwear" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nightwear” is uncommon English (frequency #83,559 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,559
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Clothes worn at nighttime or in bed, such as pyjamas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nightwear |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnaɪt.wɛə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nightwear” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nightwear is uncommon English at frequency #83,559 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnaɪt.wɛə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clothes worn at nighttime or in bed, such as pyjamas".
No misspelling variants are generated for nightwear in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From night + -wear. The correct English form is nightwear, spelled N-I-G-H-T-W-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Clothes worn at nighttime or in bed, such as pyjamas
Etymology
From night + -wear.
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 “nightwear”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-I-G-H-T-W-E-A-R - 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.