# Nantes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /nɑːnts/ · frequency rank #37,585

## Definitions
1. The prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique, France; the capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany.
2. A municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.
3. A municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

## Etymology
From French Nantes.

## Easily confused with
- **Nate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nantes-vs-nate)
- **Nats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nantes-vs-nats)
- **notes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nantes-vs-notes)
- **nines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nantes-vs-nines)
- **Naples** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nantes-vs-naples)
- **names** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/names-vs-nantes)
- **nance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nance-vs-nantes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`anntes`, `nanets`, `nanntes`, `nantess`, `nantse`, `nanttes`, `natnes`, `nnantes`, `nnates`

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