cumin noir
\ky.mɛ̃ nwaʁ\
The verdict
“cumin noir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom commun de la nigelle cultivée (Nigella sativa), plante annuelle de la famille des Renonculacées, et de ses graines.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cumin noir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.mɛ̃ nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cumin noir” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cumin noir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.mɛ̃ nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom commun de la nigelle cultivée (Nigella sativa), plante annuelle de la famille des Renonculacées, et de ses graines.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cumin noir, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 French form is cumin noir, spelled C-U-M-I-N- -N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Nom commun de la nigelle cultivée (Nigella sativa), plante annuelle de la famille des Renonculacées, et de ses graines.
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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.
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Using “cumin noir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-U-M-I-N- -N-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ky.mɛ̃ nwaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.