Nanaimo
\na.na.i.mo\
The verdict
“Nanaimo” is uncommon French (frequency #95,098 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,098
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville portuaire sur la côte orientale de l’île de Vancouver (dans l’océan Pacifique), dans la province canadienne de Colombie-Britannique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nanaimo · Nanaimo · French
Nanaimo · rank #95,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,098
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nauséeuse
Nearest frequency peer: nauséeuse (+3 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 « Nanaimo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mécanicienne
mécanicienne
4,910 corpus weight
- ménagée
ménagée
4,908 corpus weight
- mésentérique
mésentérique
4,907 corpus weight
- Nanaimo
Nanaimo
4,903 corpus weight
- nauséeuse
nauséeuse
4,900 corpus weight
- Neuvic
Neuvic
4,897 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nanaimo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nanaimo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \na.na.i.mo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nanaimo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nanaimo is uncommon French at frequency #95,098 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \na.na.i.mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville portuaire sur la côte orientale de l’île de Vancouver (dans l’océan Pacifique), dans la province canadienne de Colombie-Britannique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Nanaimo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Nanaimo, spelled N-A-N-A-I-M-O.
Definition
- 1Ville portuaire sur la côte orientale de l’île de Vancouver (dans l’océan Pacifique), dans la province canadienne de Colombie-Britannique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nanaimo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC) recherche le propriétaire d’une somme d’argent qui a atterri aux pieds d’une passante qui se promenait à Nanaimo, sur l’île de Vancouver.
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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