nostra

noun

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"nostra" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“nostra” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,799
frequency rank, English
1,534
“N” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of nostrum

Corpus desk

Index EN-nostra · nostra · English

nostra · rank #47,799 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,799
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH nooks

Nearest frequency peer: nooks (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “nostra”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “nostra” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nostra vs nostril
71% similar
nostra vs Nora
50% similar
nostra vs Nomura
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nostra
PropertyValue
Headwordnostra
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,799
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “nostra”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).nostralands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “nooks” (#47,798), “nudging” (#47,800), “nongovernmental” (#47,797). Among 1,534 “N” headwords, “nostra” is #47,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around nostra, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,799 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of nostrum".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for nostra, with forms such as "nnostra", "nosrta", and "nosstra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "nostril", "Nora", "Nomura", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is nostra, spelled N-O-S-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of nostrum

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nostra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. …beg our clerical friends to remember that quack medicines are of two kinds,… …with his poisonous nostra in the form of doctrines, upon those of whose…
  2. On the other hand, alchemists had arisen with their pertinacious search for the philosopher’s stone, which was to convert all metals into gold, and cure all diseases. In this search they gave their nostra extensive trial on sick and well.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nnostra
  • nosrta
  • nosstra
  • nostar
  • nostrra
  • nosttra
  • notsra
  • nsotra
  • onstra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nostra - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

nnostra1nosrta2nosstra1nostar2nostrra1nosttra1notsra2nsotra2
Edit distance from "nostra"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nostra"?
"nostra" is spelled N-O-S-T-R-A.
What does "nostra" mean?
As a noun, "nostra" means: plural of nostrum
What words are commonly confused with "nostra"?
"nostra" is commonly confused with "nostril", "Nora", "Nomura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "nostra" come from?
"nostra" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nostra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list