Nahum
\na.um\
The verdict
“Nahum” is uncommon French (frequency #85,050 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,050
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom du quarante-et-unième livre de l’Ancien Testament, comprenant trois chapitres.
| 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) |
Where “Nahum” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nahum is uncommon French at frequency #85,050 among 86,328 “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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Using “Nahum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-A-H-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.