Nanterre

\nɑ̃.tɛʁ\

/\nɑ̃.tɛʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Nanterre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,912. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,912
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département des Hauts-de-Seine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nanterre · Nanterre · French

Nanterre · rank #10,912 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,912
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH mélodie

Nearest frequency peer: mélodie (-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 « Nanterre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Nanterre » 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
Key facts for Nanterre
PropertyValue
HeadwordNanterre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\nɑ̃.tɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,912
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nanterre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Nanterrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mélodie » (#10,911), « nominations » (#10,913), « méfier » (#10,910). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « Nanterre » est au #10,912. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Nanterre (IPA \nɑ̃.tɛʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,912 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département des Hauts-de-Seine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nanterre, with forms such as "annterre", "nanetrre", and "nannterre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Nanterre, spelled N-A-N-T-E-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département des Hauts-de-Seine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je vous retrouverai les sommes volées chez M. et Mme Crottat ; je vous serre marron un des agents de Bibi-Lupin, son bras droit, et je vous donnerai le secret du crime commis à Nanterre…
  2. Manicamp, prenant une bouteille et avec douceur. – Aimez-vous le jurançon ? Chatenay – Beaucoup. Manicamp. – En voici d’excellent… (Mettant la bouteille de côté.) Mais il n’est pas collé… (Prenant une autre bouteille.) Ceci est du Nanterre, près Paris… je le donne à mes cochers…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • annterre
  • nanetrre
  • nannterre
  • nantere
  • nanterer
  • nantrere
  • nantterre
  • natnerre
  • nnanterre
  • nnaterre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

annterre2nanetrre2nannterre1nantere1nanterer2nantrere2nantterre1natnerre2
Edit distance from "Nanterre"

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 "Nanterre"?
"Nanterre" is spelled N-A-N-T-E-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɑ̃.tɛʁ\.
What does "Nanterre" mean?
As a proper noun, "Nanterre" means: Commune et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département des Hauts-de-Seine.
What are common misspellings of "Nanterre"?
Common misspellings include "annterre", "nanetrre", "nannterre", "nantere", "nanterer". The correct spelling is "Nanterre".
How do you pronounce "Nanterre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nanterre" is \nɑ̃.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nanterre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

oriental#10,917menaçant#10,904jumelles#10,899imprimés#10,893

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

mélodie10 variantsrecevez10 variantsillimité10 variantsréfugié10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list