nosing
"nosing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nosing” is uncommon English (frequency #65,350 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,350
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An animal's pushing or exploration with the nose.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nosing · nosing · English
nosing · rank #65,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,350
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Noriko
Nearest frequency peer: Noriko (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “nosing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nonconformi…
nonconforming
34,654 corpus weight
- nonessential
nonessential
34,653 corpus weight
- Noriko
Noriko
34,652 corpus weight
- nosing
nosing
34,651 corpus weight
- Nouri
Nouri
34,650 corpus weight
- Nozomi
Nozomi
34,648 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nosing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nosing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nosing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nosing is uncommon English at frequency #65,350 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
nosing has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is nosing, spelled N-O-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1An animal's pushing or exploration with the nose.
- 2That part of the treadboard of a stair that projects over the riser.
- 3Any similar projection, such as the projecting edge of a moulding.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nosing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The hours of the day often follow such a beginning like a wagging tail follows through the nosings and affections and fireside dreamings of a happy dog.
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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