# null

> English word · Noun · IPA /nʌl/ · frequency rank #10,735

## Definitions
1. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
2. Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
3. Something that has no force or meaning.
4. The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
5. The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
6. One of the beads in nulled work.
7. The null hypothesis.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus.

## Easily confused with
- **nut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/null-vs-nut)
- **nun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/null-vs-nun)
- **Nur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/null-vs-nur)
- **nuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/null-vs-nuts)
- **numb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/null-vs-numb)
- **nuns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/null-vs-nuns)
- **nu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nu-vs-null)
- **NL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nl-vs-null)
- **NFL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nfl-vs-null)
- **NHL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nhl-vs-null)
- **nil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nil-vs-null)
- **NGL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ngl-vs-null)
- **nuh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nuh-vs-null)
- **NPL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/npl-vs-null)
- **nail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nail-vs-null)
- **Neil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neil-vs-null)
- **nude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nude-vs-null)
- **Neal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neal-vs-null)
- **Nile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nile-vs-null)
- **Noel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noel-vs-null)

## Common misspellings (4)
`nlul`, `nnull`, `nul`, `unll`

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