# nude

> English word · Adjective · IPA /n(j)uːd/ · frequency rank #7,161

## Definitions
1. Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
2. Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
3. Not valid; void.

## Etymology
Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).

## Easily confused with
- **nut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nut)
- **nun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nun)
- **nye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nye)
- **nuh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nuh)
- **Nur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nur)
- **nuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nuts)
- **null** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-null)
- **numb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-numb)
- **nuns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nuns)
- **nuke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nuke)
- **nurse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nurse)
- **nudge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nudge)
- **nukes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nukes)
- **Nunez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-nunez)
- **ne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ne-vs-nude)
- **nd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nd-vs-nude)
- **nu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nu-vs-nude)
- **nod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nod-vs-nude)
- **ned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ned-vs-nude)
- **NDP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ndp-vs-nude)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ndue`, `nnude`, `nudde`, `nued`, `unde`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nude