liste noire

Name: liste noire, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\list nwaʁ\

/\list nwaʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“liste noire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Document rassemblant les noms d’individus ou d’entités jugés indésirables, hostiles ou ennemis par une personne, un groupe ou une organisation donnée.

Key facts for liste noire
Property	Value
Headword	liste noire
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\list nwaʁ\
Letters	11
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “liste noire” sits in French frequency

liste noire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

liste noire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \list nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Document rassemblant les noms d’individus ou d’entités jugés indésirables, hostiles ou ennemis par une personne, un groupe ou une organisation donnée.".

No misspelling variants are generated for liste noire in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is liste noire, spelled L-I-S-T-E- -N-O-I-R-E.

Definition

1
Document rassemblant les noms d’individus ou d’entités jugés indésirables, hostiles ou ennemis par une personne, un groupe ou une organisation donnée.

Antonyms

liste blanche

This word in other languages

blacklist(English)lista negra(Español)schwarze Liste(Deutsch)

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 "liste noire"?

"liste noire" is spelled L-I-S-T-E- -N-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \list nwaʁ\.

What does "liste noire" mean?

As a noun, "liste noire" means: Document rassemblant les noms d’individus ou d’entités jugés indésirables, hostiles ou ennemis par une personne, un groupe ou une organisation donnée.

How do you pronounce "liste noire"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "liste noire" is \list nwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "liste noire" come from?

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Using “liste noire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is L-I-S-T-E- -N-O-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \list nwaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

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.