nougatine

noun

"nougatine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“nougatine” 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) - Brown nougat, made from caramelized sugar

Corpus desk

Index EN-nougatine · nougatine · English

nougatine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for nougatine
PropertyValue
Headwordnougatine
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “nougatine” in English

nougatinesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

nougatine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

nougatine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French nougatine. By surface analysis, nougat + -ine. The correct English form is nougatine, spelled N-O-U-G-A-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brown nougat, made from caramelized sugar
  2. 2
    Dutch dessert, made from two chocolate covered meringue cookies with cream in the middle and cream on top, decorated with crunchy brittle

Etymology

From French nougatine. By surface analysis, nougat + -ine.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nougatine"?
"nougatine" is spelled N-O-U-G-A-T-I-N-E.
What does "nougatine" mean?
As a noun, "nougatine" means: Brown nougat, made from caramelized sugar
What is the origin of the word "nougatine"?
From French nougatine. By surface analysis, nougat + -ine. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list