Naples

\napl\

/\napl\/ name

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The verdict

“Naples” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,679
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et ville de la région de Campanie, en Italie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-naples · Naples · French

Naples · rank #5,679 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,679
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nucléaires

Nearest frequency peer: nucléaires (+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 « Naples »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Naples » 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).

Naples vs nappe
50% similar
Naples vs nazes
50% similar
Naples vs nobles
50% similar

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

Key facts for Naples
PropertyValue
HeadwordNaples
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\napl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,679
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Naples »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Naplesse 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 « nucléaires » (#5,680), « Mohamed » (#5,677), « nue » (#5,681). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « Naples » est au #5,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Naples (IPA \napl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,679 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Naples, with forms such as "anples", "nalpes", and "napels". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "nappe", "nazes", "nobles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Naples, spelled N-A-P-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune et ville de la région de Campanie, en Italie.
  2. 2
    Province autour de cette ville.
  3. 3
    Ville de Floride, aux États-Unis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je voyageois en Italie : arrivé à Naples, je m’empressai de visiter ce fameux Vésuve, dont la première éruption éclata, selon quelques auteurs, sous l’empereur Titus, l’an soixante-dix-neuf de notre ère, et coûta la vie au célèbre Pline.
  2. En 1980, l’Italie est d'ailleurs déjà celui des pays du Marché commun qui a les plus graves problèmes d'environnement : des égouts de Naples aux pollutions chimiques de la plaine du Pô, la péninsule exprime son incivisme glorieux. Dans une civilisation industrielle avancée, le chacun pour sa peau se paye au prix fort.

Synonyms

Parthénope

This word in other languages

Naples(English)Nápoles(Español)Neapel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anples
  • nalpes
  • napels
  • napless
  • naplles
  • naplse
  • napples
  • nnaples
  • npales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

anples2nalpes2napels2napless1naplles1naplse2napples1nnaples1
Edit distance from "Naples"

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 "Naples"?
"Naples" is spelled N-A-P-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \napl\.
What does "Naples" mean?
As a proper noun, "Naples" means: Commune et ville de la région de Campanie, en Italie.
What words are commonly confused with "Naples"?
"Naples" is commonly confused with "nappe", "nazes", "nobles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Naples"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Naples" is \napl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Naples" come from?
"Naples" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mental#5,675lourds#5,673jouant#5,670gamins#5,662

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Mohamed9 variantsouvrier9 variantsfermes9 variantssitués9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list