Noh
"noh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Noh” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,814) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #40,814
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.
Corpus desk
Index EN-noh · Noh · English
Noh · rank #40,814 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,814
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nightstand
Nearest frequency peer: nightstand (-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 “Noh”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- NHK
NHK
59,190 corpus weight
- NHTSA
NHTSA
59,189 corpus weight
- nightstand
nightstand
59,188 corpus weight
- Noh
Noh
59,187 corpus weight
- northernmost
northernmost
59,186 corpus weight
- notifies
notifies
59,185 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Noh” 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 | Noh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #40,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Noh”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Noh is neighbouring look-alikes ("NZ", "NT", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #40,814 among 1,534 “N” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Noh in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NZ", "NT", "NP", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: An irregular romanization of Japanese 能 (nō, literally “[performing] skill, talent”). The correct English form is Noh, spelled N-O-H.
Definition
- 1A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.
- 2An individual play in this style.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Noh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noh.
Etymology
An irregular romanization of Japanese 能 (nō, literally “[performing] skill, talent”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).