# nurture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/ · frequency rank #19,400

## Definitions
1. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
2. That which nourishes; food; diet.
3. The environmental influences that contribute to a person’s development (as opposed to "nature").
4. The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.

## Etymology
From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).

## Easily confused with
- **nature** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nature-vs-nurture)

## Common misspellings (10)
`nnurture`, `nruture`, `nurrture`, `nurtrue`, `nurtture`, `nurtuer`, `nurturre`, `nurutre`, `nutrure`, `unrture`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nurture