nuh
/ˈnɐː/
"nuh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nuh” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #32,943) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #32,943
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - no, nah
Corpus desk
Index EN-nuh · nuh · English
nuh · rank #32,943 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,943
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nourish
Nearest frequency peer: nourish (-1 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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “nuh”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- nourish
nourish
67,059 corpus weight
- nuh
nuh
67,058 corpus weight
- numbing
numbing
67,057 corpus weight
- nutritionist
nutritionist
67,056 corpus weight
- oat
oat
67,055 corpus weight
- obscenity
obscenity
67,054 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “nuh” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈnɐː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #32,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “nuh”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nuh is neighbouring look-alikes ("NZ", "NYC", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /ˈnɐː/. Frequency #32,943 among 1,534 “N” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for nuh in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NZ", "NYC", "nut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English na, from Old English nā. The correct English form is nuh, spelled N-U-H.
Definition
- 1no, nah
- 2Alternative spelling of nah.
Etymology
From Middle English na, from Old English nā.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nuh", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).