nizam
/nɪˈzɑːm/
"nizam" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nizam” is uncommon English (frequency #50,110 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,110
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nizam · nizam · English
nizam · rank #50,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,110
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nightshade
Nearest frequency peer: nightshade (-1 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 “nizam”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nightcrawler
nightcrawler
49,894 corpus weight
- nightgown
nightgown
49,893 corpus weight
- nightshade
nightshade
49,892 corpus weight
- nizam
nizam
49,891 corpus weight
- nodal
nodal
49,890 corpus weight
- nonzero
nonzero
49,889 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nizam” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nizam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /nɪˈzɑːm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nizam” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nizam is uncommon English at frequency #50,110 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /nɪˈzɑːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nizam in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nezâm), short for نظام الملک (nezâm el-malek, “a ruler of the realm”). The correct English form is nizam, spelled N-I-Z-A-M.
Definition
- 1The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nizam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The nawabs of Bhopal, Ranput, Murshidabad, and Dhaka, along with the nizam of Hyderabad, all affirmed that the sultan has misled Muslims with his “erroneous” call to jihad and insisted that Indian Muslims had a duty to support Great Britain.
Etymology
From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nezâm), short for نظام الملک (nezâm el-malek, “a ruler of the realm”).
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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