La Nouvelle-Orléans
\la nu.vɛ.l‿ɔʁ.le.ɑ̃\
The verdict
“La Nouvelle-Orléans” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plus grande ville de Louisiane, aux États-Unis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-la-nouvelle-orleans · La Nouvelle-Orléans · French
La Nouvelle-Orléans · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | La Nouvelle-Orléans |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \la nu.vɛ.l‿ɔʁ.le.ɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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La Nouvelle-Orléans is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \la nu.vɛ.l‿ɔʁ.le.ɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plus grande ville de Louisiane, aux États-Unis.".
Zero misspellings are on record for La Nouvelle-Orléans in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is La Nouvelle-Orléans, spelled L-A- -N-O-U-V-E-L-L-E---O-R-L-É-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Plus grande ville de Louisiane, aux États-Unis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how La Nouvelle-Orléans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par ailleurs, l'une de ses arrière-arrière-grand-mères étant née à La Nouvelle-Orléans dans une famille d’origine martiniquaise. John Lewis a aussi un peu de sang français...
Au rythme d’un blues de la Nouvelle-Orléans ils allèrent ensemble enterrer l’idéologie communiste, dans le cimetière des croyances perdues.
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.