NSM
"nsm" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“NSM” is uncommon English (frequency #98,503 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,503
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of natural semantic metalanguage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nsm · NSM · English
NSM · rank #98,503 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,503
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nutsack
Nearest frequency peer: nutsack (+2 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 “NSM”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nitroglycer…
nitroglycerine
1,503 corpus weight
- noisey
noisey
1,501 corpus weight
- NSM
NSM
1,498 corpus weight
- nutsack
nutsack
1,496 corpus weight
- Oakham
Oakham
1,494 corpus weight
- oblation
oblation
1,492 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “NSM” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | NSM |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #98,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “NSM” in English
Rare enough to double-check
NSM is uncommon English at frequency #98,503 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
NSM has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is NSM, spelled N-S-M.
Definition
- 1Initialism of natural semantic metalanguage.
- 2Initialism of North Star metric.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how NSM appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A North Star Metric (NSM) allows everyone, irrespective of team status, to ask, “How is what I'm doing today helping move the needle on our NSM?”
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).