nach
\naʃ\
The verdict
“nach” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,884
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seizième lettre de l’alphabet glagolitique, Ⱀ.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nach · nach · French
nach · rank #40,884 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,884
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH métaphysiques
Nearest frequency peer: métaphysiques (-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 “nach”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- méfiante
méfiante
59,120 corpus weight
- méridionaux
méridionaux
59,119 corpus weight
- métaphysiqu…
métaphysiques
59,118 corpus weight
- nach
nach
59,117 corpus weight
- narguer
narguer
59,116 corpus weight
- nightmare
nightmare
59,114 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nach” 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 | nach |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \naʃ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #40,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “nach” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around nach (IPA \naʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,884 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Seizième lettre de l’alphabet glagolitique, Ⱀ.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for nach, with forms such as "anch", "nacch", and "nachh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NC", "nan", "nam", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nach, spelled N-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Seizième lettre de l’alphabet glagolitique, Ⱀ.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anch
- nacch
- nachh
- nahc
- ncah
- nnach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nach - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nach", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "nach". Here's where to go from here.
- "nach" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "NC". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #40,884 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.