Narbonne
"narbonne" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Narbonne” is uncommon English (frequency #73,471 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,471
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town and commune in Aude department, Occitania, southern France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-narbonne · Narbonne · English
Narbonne · rank #73,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,471
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Naoko
Nearest frequency peer: Naoko (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Narbonne”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Nakagawa
Nakagawa
26,534 corpus weight
- Naoko
Naoko
26,531 corpus weight
- Narbonne
Narbonne
26,530 corpus weight
- neocortex
neocortex
26,528 corpus weight
- Nilsen
Nilsen
26,526 corpus weight
- nimbly
nimbly
26,525 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Narbonne” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Narbonne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Narbonne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Narbonne is uncommon English at frequency #73,471 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town and commune in Aude department, Occitania, southern France.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Narbonne in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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: From French Narbonne, q.v. The correct English form is Narbonne, spelled N-A-R-B-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1A town and commune in Aude department, Occitania, southern France.
Etymology
From French Narbonne, q.v.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).