# nominal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈnɒm.ɪ.nl̩/ · frequency rank #13,025

## Definitions
1. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
2. Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
3. Existing in name only.
4. Of or relating to nominalism.
5. Insignificantly small.
6. Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
7. Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
8. Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
9. Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
10. According to plan or design.
11. Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
12. Having values whose order is insignificant.
13. Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *h₁nómn̥
From the Middle English nominalle (“of nouns”), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (“of names”), from nōmen (“name”).

## Easily confused with
- **nominee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nominal-vs-nominee)
- **nominate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nominal-vs-nominate)
- **notional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nominal-vs-notional)
- **nominally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nominal-vs-nominally)

## Common misspellings (10)
`nmoinal`, `nnominal`, `noimnal`, `nomianl`, `nominall`, `nominla`, `nominnal`, `nomminal`, `nomnial`, `onminal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nominal