nourishment
/ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/
"nourishment" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nourishment” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #27,947 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,947
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nourishment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #27,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nourishment” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for nourishment is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,947 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for nourishment, with forms such as "nnourishment", "noruishment", and "nouirshment". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment. The correct English form is nourishment, spelled N-O-U-R-I-S-H-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
- 2Something that nourishes; food.
Etymology
From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnourishment,noruishment,nouirshment,nourihsment,nourishemnt,nourishhment,nourishmennt,nourishmentt,nourishmetn,nourishmment,nourishmnet,nourismhent,nourisshment,nourrishment,noursihment,nuorishment,onurishment
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nourishment - 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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Using “nourishment”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-O-U-R-I-S-H-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.