nursery rhyme
"nursery-rhyme" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nursery rhyme” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore
Corpus desk
Index EN-nursery-rhyme · nursery rhyme · English
nursery rhyme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nursery rhyme |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nursery rhyme” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nursery rhyme is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nursery rhyme, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From how Victorian and Edwardian parents used to tell such rhymes to their children in the nursery, i.e. the children's bedroom. The correct English form is nursery rhyme, spelled N-U-R-S-E-R-Y- -R-H-Y-M-E.
Definition
- 1A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore
Etymology
From how Victorian and Edwardian parents used to tell such rhymes to their children in the nursery, i.e. the children's bedroom.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.