nag

\naːk\

/\naːk\/ verb

The verdict

“nag” is uncommon French (frequency #87,874 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,874
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de nagen.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nag · nag · French

nag · rank #87,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,874
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Naboo

Nearest frequency peer: Naboo (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « nag »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nag » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nag
PropertyValue
Headwordnag
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\naːk\
Letters3
Frequency rank#87,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nag » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nagtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Naboo » (#87,873), « Nanard » (#87,875), « narthex » (#87,876). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nag » est au #87,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nag is uncommon French at frequency #87,874 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \naːk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de nagen.".

nag has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is nag, spelled N-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de nagen.

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 "nag"?
"nag" is spelled N-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is \naːk\.
What does "nag" mean?
As a verb, "nag" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de nagen.
How do you pronounce "nag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nag" is \naːk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nag" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list