Nabil

\na.bil\

/\na.bil\/ name

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The verdict

“Nabil” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,406
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin arabe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nabil · Nabil · French

Nabil · rank #21,406 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,406
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH mépriser

Nearest frequency peer: mépriser (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nabil »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Nabil » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Nabil vs Nil
60% similar
Nabil vs nai
40% similar
Nabil vs nazi
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Nabil
PropertyValue
HeadwordNabil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\na.bil\
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,406
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nabil »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Nabilse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mépriser » (#21,405), « Nabilla » (#21,407), « natifs » (#21,408). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « Nabil » est au #21,406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Nabil (IPA \na.bil\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,406 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin arabe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nabil, with forms such as "anbil", "nabbil", and "nabill". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Nil", "nai", "nazi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Nabil, spelled N-A-B-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin arabe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Nabil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Persanti était un rat et Nabil avait été infichu de redémarrer la chaudière.
  2. Chébran, le tiramisu végan de Nabil Barina, champion du monde du tiramisu sacré à Lyon, avec son Verde à la crème végétale, compotée de pommes cuites en deux façons, pétales de main de Bouddha, zeste de citron vert et café vert !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anbil
  • nabbil
  • nabill
  • nabli
  • naibl
  • nbail
  • nnabil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nabil - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

anbil2nabbil1nabill1nabli2naibl2nbail2nnabil1
Edit distance from "Nabil"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nabil"?
"Nabil" is spelled N-A-B-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \na.bil\.
What does "Nabil" mean?
As a proper noun, "Nabil" means: Prénom masculin arabe.
What words are commonly confused with "Nabil"?
"Nabil" is commonly confused with "Nil", "nai", "nazi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Nabil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nabil" is \na.bil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nabil" come from?
"Nabil" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nabil", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plant#21,422Pratt#21,428mages#21,382lunes#21,381

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

millet7 variantsRTBF7 variantsselles7 variantshijab7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list