nageoire

\na.ʒwaʁ\

/\na.ʒwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“nageoire” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,415
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organe extérieur, formé d’une membrane soutenue par des rayons osseux, des poissons et des animaux marins, qui leur sert d’appareil propulseur et stabilisateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nageoire · nageoire · French

nageoire · rank #39,415 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #39,415
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nagasaki

Nearest frequency peer: nagasaki (-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 « nageoire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nageoire » 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).

nageoire vs nageoires
89% similar

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

Key facts for nageoire
PropertyValue
Headwordnageoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.ʒwaʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,415
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nageoire »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nagasaki » (#39,414), « navas » (#39,416), « métaphorique » (#39,413). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nageoire » est au #39,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around nageoire (IPA \na.ʒwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,415 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nageoire, with forms such as "angeoire", "naegoire", and "nageiore". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "nageoires", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nageoire, spelled N-A-G-E-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organe extérieur, formé d’une membrane soutenue par des rayons osseux, des poissons et des animaux marins, qui leur sert d’appareil propulseur et stabilisateur.
  2. 2
    Objet dont on se sert pour se maintenir sur l’eau quand on apprend à nager.
  3. 3
    Flotteurs latéraux qui empêchent l’appareil de chavirer.
  4. 4
    Bras.
  5. 5
    Rondelle de bois très plate, que les manœuvres font flotter sur les seaux pleins, pour empêcher l’eau balancée par leur marche, de jaillir au dehors.
  6. 6
    Barbe qui garnit les joues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les nageoires d’un phoque.
  2. Qu’est-ce que c’est, ces gros poissons ? dit-il en montrant du doigt une nageoire qui s’agitait.

This word in other languages

fin(English)aleta(Español)Flosse(Deutsch)barbatana(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • angeoire
  • naegoire
  • nageiore
  • nageoier
  • nageoirre
  • nageorie
  • naggeoire
  • nagoeire
  • ngaeoire
  • nnageoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nageoire - 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.

angeoire2naegoire2nageiore2nageoier2nageoirre1nageorie2naggeoire1nagoeire2
Edit distance from "nageoire"

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 "nageoire"?
"nageoire" is spelled N-A-G-E-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \na.ʒwaʁ\.
What does "nageoire" mean?
As a noun, "nageoire" means: Organe extérieur, formé d’une membrane soutenue par des rayons osseux, des poissons et des animaux marins, qui leur sert d’appareil propulseur et stabilisateur.
What words are commonly confused with "nageoire"?
"nageoire" is commonly confused with "nageoires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nageoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nageoire" is \na.ʒwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nageoire" come from?
"nageoire" 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 "nageoire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nagasaki#39,414marécage#39,395palatine#39,436Magritte#39,389

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Minitel10 variantsopérait10 variantsmarshal10 variantsmariant10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list