nœuds
\nø\
The verdict
“nœuds” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,647
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de nœud.
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 | nœuds |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nø\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nœuds” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around nœuds (IPA \nø\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,647 among 86,328 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de nœud.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for nœuds, with forms such as "nnœuds", "nuœds", and "nœdus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "nus", "nous", "nuls", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nœuds, spelled N-Œ-U-D-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de nœud.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnœuds
- nuœds
- nœdus
- nœudds
- nœudss
- nœusd
- œnuds
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nœuds - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “nœuds”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-Œ-U-D-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nus” - see the side-by-side comparison. nœuds vs nus
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.