CNL
The verdict
“CNL” is uncommon French (frequency #71,359 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,359
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement public à caractère administratif français, qui a pour mission de soutenir le livre et la lecture en France.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cnl · CNL · French
CNL · rank #71,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,359
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Coaticook
Nearest frequency peer: Coaticook (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « CNL »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- claret
claret
28,646 corpus weight
- clignotent
clignotent
28,645 corpus weight
- CNL
CNL
28,642 corpus weight
- Coaticook
Coaticook
28,641 corpus weight
- Colombus
Colombus
28,640 corpus weight
- combattirent
combattirent
28,639 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « CNL » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CNL |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #71,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « CNL » en français
Rare enough to double-check
CNL is uncommon French at frequency #71,359 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Établissement public à caractère administratif français, qui a pour mission de soutenir le livre et la lecture en France.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for CNL, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is CNL, spelled C-N-L.
Definition
- 1Établissement public à caractère administratif français, qui a pour mission de soutenir le livre et la lecture en France.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how CNL appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Organisées pour la troisième année consécutive par le Centre national du livre (CNL) pour célébrer le plaisir de lire, les Nuits de la lecture reviennent du 18 au 21 janvier 2024.
Le CNL a pour mission principale d’accompagner et de soutenir tous les acteurs de la chaîne du livre.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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