naïfs
\na.if\
The verdict
“naïfs” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,011. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,011
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de naïf.
Corpus desk
Index FR-naifs · naïfs · French
naïfs · rank #22,011 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,011
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH murale
Nearest frequency peer: murale (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “naïfs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- moult
moult
77,993 corpus weight
- Muhammad
Muhammad
77,992 corpus weight
- murale
murale
77,991 corpus weight
- naïfs
naïfs
77,990 corpus weight
- niel
niel
77,989 corpus weight
- Nikita
Nikita
77,988 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “naïfs” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | naïfs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \na.if\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “naïfs” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around naïfs (IPA \na.if\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,011 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de naïf.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for naïfs, with forms such as "anïfs", "nafïs", and "naïffs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nas", "nis", "naît", and more, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is naïfs, spelled N-A-Ï-F-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de naïf.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how naïfs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoiqu’ils ne s'expliquassent pas les contradictions de mademoiselle Cormon, madame Granson et le chevalier de Valois avaient surpris de naïfs regards coulés en dessous, dont la signification était assez claire pour que tous deux essayassent de ruiner les espérances déjà déjouées de l’ancien fournisseur, et qu’il avait certes conservées.
Du reste, on n’y regardait pas de si près, et l’on pouvait tout aussi bien, au XVIᵉ siècle, accommoder ces cantiques naïfs sur des airs de danse, que, cent ans après, ajuster les noëls de de la Monnoye sur les airs des ballets de Lulli, le Rigodon de Galathée, sa Chaconne du grand ballet du Roy, l’ouverture de Bellérophon, etc.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anïfs
- nafïs
- naïffs
- naïfss
- naïsf
- nnaïfs
- nïafs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of naïfs - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "naïfs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "naïfs" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "nas". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #22,011 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
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.