nm
"nm" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nm” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,372) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,372
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of never mind.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nm · nm · English
nm · rank #9,372 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,372
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH niece
Nearest frequency peer: niece (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “nm”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- nap
nap
90,632 corpus weight
- nickel
nickel
90,631 corpus weight
- niece
niece
90,630 corpus weight
- nm
nm
90,629 corpus weight
- numbered
numbered
90,627 corpus weight
- offerings
offerings
90,626 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “nm” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nm |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #9,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “nm”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nm is neighbouring look-alikes ("NZ", "NT", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection. Frequency #9,372 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Initialism of never mind.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nm in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NZ", "NT", "NP", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is nm, spelled N-M.
Definition
- 1Initialism of never mind.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A: well r u goi – B: huh? – A: nm tht was a mistake
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.