nulla
"nulla" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nulla” is uncommon English (frequency #94,065 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,065
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Alternative form of nullah (“stream-bed, ravine”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-nulla · nulla · English
nulla · rank #94,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,065
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH NTB
Nearest frequency peer: NTB (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nulla”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- NTB
NTB
5,938 corpus weight
- nulla
nulla
5,936 corpus weight
- obdurate
obdurate
5,932 corpus weight
- Obst
Obst
5,931 corpus weight
- olio
olio
5,928 corpus weight
- ology
ology
5,927 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nulla” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nulla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nulla” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nulla is uncommon English at frequency #94,065 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nulla, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is nulla, spelled N-U-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of nullah (“stream-bed, ravine”).
- 2Alternative form of nulla-nulla (“Australian war club”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nulla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XX, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt I gave a loud cry and was in the act of running towards the centre of the camp when I caught a glimpse of several black figures around me, and…
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.