nais

\nɛ\

/\nɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“nais” is uncommon French (frequency #50,992 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,992
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de naître (ou naitre).

Corpus desk

Index FR-nais · nais · French

nais · rank #50,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,992
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH métamorphoser

Nearest frequency peer: métamorphoser (-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 « nais »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nais
PropertyValue
Headwordnais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,992
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nais » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).naistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « métamorphoser » (#50,991), « nautisme » (#50,993), « métallurgiques » (#50,990). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nais » est au #50,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nais is uncommon French at frequency #50,992 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

nais doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 nais, spelled N-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de naître (ou naitre).
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de naître (ou naitre).
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de naître (ou naitre).

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 "nais"?
"nais" is spelled N-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \nɛ\.
What does "nais" mean?
As a verb, "nais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de naître (ou naitre).
How do you pronounce "nais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nais" is \nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

MRAP#50,984odes#51,002orcs#51,011meut#50,969

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list