no one
/ˈnəʊ wʌn/
"no-one" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“no one” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used in contrast to anyone, someone or everyone: not one person; nobody.
Corpus desk
Index EN-no-one · no one · English
no one · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | no one |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈnəʊ wʌn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “no one” in English
Rare enough to double-check
no one is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed /ˈnəʊ wʌn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for no one, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is no one, spelled N-O- -O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Used in contrast to anyone, someone or everyone: not one person; nobody.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, one.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how no one appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We went to the store but no one was there.
Sundrie greate perſonages bothe learned and well acquainted with affaires, haue both learnedly, and wiſely written of Politique matters, [...] howbeit there is no one among them all, that hath once buſied himſelfe about the ruling, or direction of the Publique eſtate, in that point, that apperteineth to the vocation of men, [...]
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.