nivôse

[nivoz]

/[nivoz]/ noun

The verdict

“nivôse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vierter Monat des Französischen Revolutionskalenders

Corpus desk

Index DE-nivose · nivôse · German

nivôse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for nivôse
PropertyValue
Headwordnivôse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[nivoz]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nivôse“ im Deutschen

nivôseliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nivôse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [nivoz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vierter Monat des Französischen Revolutionskalenders".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nivôse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nivôse, spelled N-I-V-Ô-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    vierter Monat des Französischen Revolutionskalenders

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nivôse"?
"nivôse" is spelled N-I-V-Ô-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [nivoz].
What does "nivôse" mean?
As a noun, "nivôse" means: vierter Monat des Französischen Revolutionskalenders
How do you pronounce "nivôse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nivôse" is [nivoz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nivôse" come from?
"nivôse" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list