naît

\nɛ\

/\nɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“naît” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,894
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-nait · naît · French

naît · rank #8,894 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,894
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nationalistes

Nearest frequency peer: nationalistes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « naît »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « naît » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

naît vs ni
25% similar
naît vs Nt
25% similar
naît vs net
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for naît
PropertyValue
Headwordnaît
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,894
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « naît »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).naîtse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nationalistes » (#8,893), « Nike » (#8,895), « mousse » (#8,892). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « naît » est au #8,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around naît (IPA \nɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,894 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de naître.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for naît, with forms such as "anît", "nait", and "natî". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ni", "Nt", "net", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is naît, spelled N-A-Î-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de naître.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how naît appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La poésie, aussi, paradoxalement, excède ou vise à excéder la langue et le temps dont elle naît, dans la plus grande dépense de la langue (dé-pense de ce qui nous est donné toujours déjà pensé par et dans la langue de tous et de chacun : dé-penser le monde, le dé-parler, le dé-réaliser pour l’éprouver, quand bien même on ne peut le dépenser, le déparler q…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anît
  • nait
  • natî
  • naîtt
  • nnaît
  • nîat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of naît - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

anît2nait1natî2naîtt1nnaît1nîat2
Edit distance from "naît"

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 "naît"?
"naît" is spelled N-A-Î-T. The IPA pronunciation is \nɛ\.
What does "naît" mean?
As a verb, "naît" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de naître.
What words are commonly confused with "naît"?
"naît" is commonly confused with "ni", "Nt", "net". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "naît"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "naît" is \nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "naît" come from?
"naît" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Nike#8,895oeuf#8,898rail#8,913fake#8,854

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

milles6 variantsLucie6 variantsviser6 variantscolin6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list