nubile
/ˈnubaɪl/
"nubile" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nubile” is uncommon English (frequency #71,746 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,746
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nubile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈnubaɪl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nubile” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nubile is uncommon English at frequency #71,746 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈnubaɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nubile, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but thi… The correct English form is nubile, spelled N-U-B-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
- 2Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
Etymology
From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.
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); 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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- The one correct English spelling is N-U-B-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.