nodule
/ˈnɒdjuːl/
"nodule" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nodule” is uncommon English (frequency #66,138 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,138
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rounded mass or irregular shape; a small knot or lump.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nodule · nodule · English
nodule · rank #66,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,138
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nolte
Nearest frequency peer: Nolte (+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 “nodule”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Nicoll
Nicoll
33,866 corpus weight
- niner
niner
33,865 corpus weight
- nodule
nodule
33,863 corpus weight
- Nolte
Nolte
33,862 corpus weight
- nonbinary
nonbinary
33,861 corpus weight
- nonfat
nonfat
33,860 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nodule” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nodule |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnɒdjuːl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nodule” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nodule is uncommon English at frequency #66,138 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnɒdjuːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A rounded mass or irregular shape; a small knot or lump.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nodule, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin nōdulus (“small knot”), from nōdus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus. The correct English form is nodule, spelled N-O-D-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1A rounded mass or irregular shape; a small knot or lump.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nodule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Biotics manipulate mass effect fields using dozens of element zero nodules within their nervous system that react to electric stimuli from the brain. Amplifiers allow biotics to synchronize the nodules so they can form fields large and strong enough for practical use.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nōdulus (“small knot”), from nōdus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus.
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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