Nanteuil
The verdict
“Nanteuil” is uncommon French (frequency #52,860 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,860
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune des Deux-Sèvres, en France.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nanteuil · Nanteuil · French
Nanteuil · rank #52,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,860
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nacer
Nearest frequency peer: nacer (-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 « Nanteuil »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- méthamphéta…
méthamphétamine
47,144 corpus weight
- métisses
métisses
47,143 corpus weight
- nacer
nacer
47,142 corpus weight
- Nanteuil
Nanteuil
47,141 corpus weight
- nanti
nanti
47,140 corpus weight
- narcos
narcos
47,139 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nanteuil » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nanteuil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nanteuil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nanteuil is uncommon French at frequency #52,860 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Nanteuil in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Nanteuil, spelled N-A-N-T-E-U-I-L.
Definition
- 1Commune des Deux-Sèvres, en France.
- 2Ancien nom de Nanteuil-en-Vallée.
- 3Ancien nom de Nanteuil-sur-Aisne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nanteuil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Non loin de Romance, toujours au bord de l'Aisne, se dresse le gentil village de Nanteuil, rehaussé d'un petit château flanqué de deux grosses tours.
Après s’être inclinés devant les sépultures des Camarades tombés à Avançon, Taizy et Nanteuil, les assistants se rendirent à Rethel où un déjeuner avait été prévu.
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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