nosey
/nəʊzi/
"nosey" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nosey” is uncommon English (frequency #50,116 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,116
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of nosy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nosey · nosey · English
nosey · rank #50,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,116
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nott
Nearest frequency peer: nott (+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 neighbourhood for “nosey”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nonzero
nonzero
49,889 corpus weight
- Noriega
Noriega
49,888 corpus weight
- nosey
nosey
49,885 corpus weight
- nott
nott
49,884 corpus weight
- nub
nub
49,883 corpus weight
- Nuer
Nuer
49,882 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nosey” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nosey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /nəʊzi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nosey” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nosey is uncommon English at frequency #50,116 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /nəʊzi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of nosy.".
nosey has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nose + -y. The correct English form is nosey, spelled N-O-S-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of nosy.
Etymology
From nose + -y.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.