nonkosher
"nonkosher" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nonkosher” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not kosher.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nonkosher · nonkosher · English
nonkosher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nonkosher |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nonkosher” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nonkosher is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not kosher.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nonkosher, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + kosher. The correct English form is nonkosher, spelled N-O-N-K-O-S-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Not kosher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nonkosher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Admirers of Israel’s kosher and nonkosher wines need the 2007 edition of “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines” (Toby Press, $19.95).
Remember kosher wine gets you just as drunk as the nonkosher stuff; so chug away, fellow Jews, chug away.
Etymology
From non- + kosher.
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.