noisome
/ˈnɔɪ.səm/
"noisome" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“noisome” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Morally hurtful or noxious.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | noisome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈnɔɪ.səm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “noisome” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for noisome is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnɔɪ.səm/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for noisome, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)). The correct English form is noisome, spelled N-O-I-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Morally hurtful or noxious.
- 2Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
- 3Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.
Etymology
From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).
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.
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Using “noisome”
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- The one correct English spelling is N-O-I-S-O-M-E - 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.