Naïma
\na.i.ma\
The verdict
“Naïma” is uncommon French (frequency #80,455 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,455
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin arabe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-naima · Naïma · French
Naïma · rank #80,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,455
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH navajos
Nearest frequency peer: navajos (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Naïma »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- métèque
métèque
19,549 corpus weight
- nantaises
nantaises
19,548 corpus weight
- navajos
navajos
19,547 corpus weight
- Naïma
Naïma
19,546 corpus weight
- neurotransm…
neurotransmetteur
19,545 corpus weight
- Nicolette
Nicolette
19,543 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Naïma » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Naïma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \na.i.ma\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Naïma » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Naïma is uncommon French at frequency #80,455 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \na.i.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin arabe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Naïma, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Naïma, spelled N-A-Ï-M-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin arabe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Naïma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elles s’appellent Naïma, Fatou ou Maha, elles ont à peine 20 ans et portent le voile.
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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