N
\ɛn\
The verdict
“N” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #34
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Quatorzième lettre et onzième consonne de l’alphabet (majuscule).
Corpus desk
Index FR-n · N · French
N · rank #34 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #34
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH J
Nearest frequency peer: J (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “N”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- plus
plus
99,970 corpus weight
- avec
avec
99,969 corpus weight
- J
J
99,968 corpus weight
- N
N
99,967 corpus weight
- se
se
99,965 corpus weight
- vous
vous
99,964 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “N” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | N |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | \ɛn\ |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #34 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “N” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for N is neighbouring look-alikes ("ne", "ni", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced \ɛn\. Frequency #34 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Quatorzième lettre et onzième consonne de l’alphabet (majuscule).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for N, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ne", "ni", "no", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is N, spelled N.
Definition
- 1Quatorzième lettre et onzième consonne de l’alphabet (majuscule).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.