napo

\ˈna.po\

/\ˈna.po\/ noun

The verdict

“napo” is uncommon French (frequency #71,732 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,732
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Navet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-napo · napo · French

napo · rank #71,732 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,732
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH mêlaient

Nearest frequency peer: mêlaient (-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 « napo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « napo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for napo
PropertyValue
Headwordnapo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈna.po\
Letters4
Frequency rank#71,732
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « napo » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).napotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mêlaient » (#71,731), « nauséeux » (#71,733), « mémoriel » (#71,730). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « napo » est au #71,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

napo is uncommon French at frequency #71,732 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈna.po\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Navet.".

napo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 napo, spelled N-A-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Navet.

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 "napo"?
"napo" is spelled N-A-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈna.po\.
What does "napo" mean?
As a noun, "napo" means: Navet.
How do you pronounce "napo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "napo" is \ˈna.po\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "napo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list