Nahum
\na.um\
The verdict
“Nahum” is uncommon French (frequency #85,050 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,050
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom du quarante-et-unième livre de l’Ancien Testament, comprenant trois chapitres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nahum · Nahum · French
Nahum · rank #85,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,050
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH narrant
Nearest frequency peer: narrant (+2 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 « Nahum »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Mut
Mut
14,956 corpus weight
- muée
muée
14,955 corpus weight
- Nahum
Nahum
14,951 corpus weight
- narrant
narrant
14,949 corpus weight
- naturopathe
naturopathe
14,947 corpus weight
- nervous
nervous
14,946 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nahum » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nahum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \na.um\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nahum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nahum is uncommon French at frequency #85,050 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \na.um\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Nahum has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Nahum, spelled N-A-H-U-M.
Definition
- 1Nom du quarante-et-unième livre de l’Ancien Testament, comprenant trois chapitres.
- 2Septième des douze petits prophètes.
This word in other languages
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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