nutriment
/ˈnjuː.tɹɪ.mənt/
"nutriment" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nutriment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A source of nourishment; food.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nutriment · nutriment · English
nutriment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | nutriment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnjuː.tɹɪ.mənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nutriment” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nutriment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnjuː.tɹɪ.mənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for nutriment in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English nutriment, from Latin nūtrīmentum. The correct English form is nutriment, spelled N-U-T-R-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A source of nourishment; food.
- 2Something that promotes growth or development; a nutrient.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nutriment, from Latin nūtrīmentum.
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.