nursing
/ˈnɝsɪŋ/
"nursing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nursing” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,175
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the state of suckling young, lactating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nursing · nursing · English
nursing · rank #4,175 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,175
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH murdered
Nearest frequency peer: murdered (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “nursing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- manual
manual
95,829 corpus weight
- mothers
mothers
95,828 corpus weight
- murdered
murdered
95,827 corpus weight
- nursing
nursing
95,826 corpus weight
- occupied
occupied
95,825 corpus weight
- ongoing
ongoing
95,824 corpus weight
What this shows “nursing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nursing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “nursing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around nursing (IPA /ˈnɝsɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,175 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for nursing, with forms such as "nnursing", "nrusing", and "nurisng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "numbing", "nudging", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is nursing, spelled N-U-R-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1In the state of suckling young, lactating.
- 2Referring to nurses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nursing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.
The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnursing
- nrusing
- nurisng
- nurrsing
- nursign
- nursingg
- nursinng
- nursnig
- nurssing
- nusring
- unrsing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nursing - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nursing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).