nageur

\na.ʒœʁ\

/\na.ʒœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“nageur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,205
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui nage ; qui sait nager.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nageur · nageur · French

nageur · rank #20,205 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,205
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH mécontent

Nearest frequency peer: mécontent (-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 « nageur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nageur » 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).

nageur vs Niger
50% similar
nageur vs Namur
50% similar
nageur vs Nagui
50% similar

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

Key facts for nageur
PropertyValue
Headwordnageur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\na.ʒœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,205
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nageur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).nageurse 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 « mécontent » (#20,204), « narines » (#20,206), « mécaniquement » (#20,203). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nageur » est au #20,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around nageur (IPA \na.ʒœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,205 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui nage ; qui sait nager.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for nageur, with forms such as "angeur", "naegur", and "nageru". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Niger", "Namur", "Nagui", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nageur, spelled N-A-G-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui nage ; qui sait nager.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’époque de l’incubation est un temps de persécution pour une foule d’Oiseaux échassiers et nageurs.
  2. Les leurres se classent du haut vers le bas, plus précisément par rapport à leurs paliers d’utilisation, c’est-à-dire suivant les différentes couches d’eau (ou strates) où ils évoluent. On obtient de la sorte trois grands groupes de poissons nageurs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • angeur
  • naegur
  • nageru
  • nageurr
  • naggeur
  • naguer
  • ngaeur
  • nnageur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nageur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

angeur2naegur2nageru2nageurr1naggeur1naguer2ngaeur2nnageur1
Edit distance from "nageur"

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 "nageur"?
"nageur" is spelled N-A-G-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \na.ʒœʁ\.
What does "nageur" mean?
As an adjective, "nageur" means: Qui nage ; qui sait nager.
What words are commonly confused with "nageur"?
"nageur" is commonly confused with "Niger", "Namur", "Nagui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nageur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nageur" is \na.ʒœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nageur" come from?
"nageur" 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 "nageur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list