nunnery
/ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/
"nunnery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nunnery” is uncommon English (frequency #53,145 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,145
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nunnery · nunnery · English
nunnery · rank #53,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,145
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH numismatic
Nearest frequency peer: numismatic (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “nunnery”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Nostradamus
Nostradamus
46,861 corpus weight
- NTR
NTR
46,859 corpus weight
- numero
numero
46,858 corpus weight
- numismatic
numismatic
46,857 corpus weight
- nunnery
nunnery
46,856 corpus weight
- Oregonian
Oregonian
46,852 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nunnery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nunnery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nunnery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nunnery is uncommon English at frequency #53,145 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nunnery, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery. (brothel): Compare typologically Czech nevěstinec (< nevěstka < nevěsta). The correct English form is nunnery, spelled N-U-N-N-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
- 2Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
- 3Synonym of brothel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nunnery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?
[To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...
Etymology
From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery. (brothel): Compare typologically Czech nevěstinec (< nevěstka < nevěsta).
This word in other languages
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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