nacer
\naˈθɛɾ\
The verdict
“nacer” is uncommon French (frequency #52,859 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,859
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Naître.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nacer · nacer · French
nacer · rank #52,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,859
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH métisses
Nearest frequency peer: métisses (-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 “nacer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mélanine
mélanine
47,145 corpus weight
- méthamphéta…
méthamphétamine
47,144 corpus weight
- métisses
métisses
47,143 corpus weight
- nacer
nacer
47,142 corpus weight
- Nanteuil
Nanteuil
47,141 corpus weight
- nanti
nanti
47,140 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nacer” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nacer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \naˈθɛɾ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “nacer” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
nacer is uncommon French at frequency #52,859 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \naˈθɛɾ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Naître.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nacer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nacer, spelled N-A-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Naître.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nacer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mi hermano nació en 1980.
Yo nací el 12 de julio de 1904, y un mes después, en agosto, agotada por la tuberculosis, mi madre ya no existía.
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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