nullifying
"nullifying" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nullifying” is uncommon English (frequency #66,883 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,883
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or process by which something is nullified.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nullifying · nullifying · English
nullifying · rank #66,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,883
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH noy
Nearest frequency peer: noy (-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 neighbourhood for “nullifying”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- noblesse
noblesse
33,124 corpus weight
- NoSQL
NoSQL
33,121 corpus weight
- noy
noy
33,119 corpus weight
- nullifying
nullifying
33,118 corpus weight
- nuncio
nuncio
33,117 corpus weight
- Oakleigh
Oakleigh
33,113 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nullifying” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nullifying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nullifying” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nullifying is uncommon English at frequency #66,883 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act or process by which something is nullified.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nullifying, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is nullifying, spelled N-U-L-L-I-F-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act or process by which something is nullified.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nullifying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was characteristic of English liberal laws that English society did not experience any nullifyings even in times of political change […]
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 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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