nutrient
/ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/
"nutrient" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nutrient” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,798. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,798
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nutrient |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nutrient” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around nutrient (IPA /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,798 among 24,391 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for nutrient, with forms such as "nnutrient", "nturient", and "nurtient". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“I suckle, nourish, foster”). The correct English form is nutrient, spelled N-U-T-R-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“I suckle, nourish, foster”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnutrient
- nturient
- nurtient
- nutirent
- nutreint
- nutriennt
- nutrientt
- nutrietn
- nutrinet
- nutrrient
- nuttrient
- untrient
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nutrient - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “nutrient”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-U-T-R-I-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.