now that
"now-that" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“now that” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - As a consequence of the fact that; since.
Corpus desk
Index EN-now-that · now that · English
now that · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | now that |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “now that” in English
Rare enough to double-check
now that is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "As a consequence of the fact that; since.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for now that, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is now that, spelled N-O-W- -T-H-A-T.
Definition
- 1As a consequence of the fact that; since.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how now that appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. / Let's start the meeting now that everyone's here.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.