nother
/ˈnʌðə/
"nother" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nother” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,374. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,374
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neither.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nother · nother · English
nother · rank #44,374 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,374
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nob
Nearest frequency peer: nob (-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 “nother”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- nibbling
nibbling
55,632 corpus weight
- Nisha
Nisha
55,631 corpus weight
- nob
nob
55,628 corpus weight
- nother
nother
55,627 corpus weight
- OAS
OAS
55,624 corpus weight
- Oberon
Oberon
55,623 corpus weight
What this shows “nother” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nother |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈnʌðə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “nother”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around nother (IPA /ˈnʌðə/), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #44,374 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Neither.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for nother, with forms such as "nnother", "nohter", and "notehr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "nutter", "nowhere", "note", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English nōhwæþer. Compare neither, nauther. The correct English form is nother, spelled N-O-T-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Neither.
Etymology
From Old English nōhwæþer. Compare neither, nauther.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnother
- nohter
- notehr
- notherr
- nothher
- nothre
- notther
- ntoher
- onther
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nother - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nother", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).