nodular
"nodular" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nodular” is uncommon English (frequency #79,796 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,796
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nodular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nodular” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nodular is uncommon English at frequency #79,796 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
nodular doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nodule + -ar. The correct English form is nodular, spelled N-O-D-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.
- 2Possessing, composed of, or similar in form to nodules.
Etymology
From nodule + -ar.
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); 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 “nodular”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-O-D-U-L-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.