nar
\nɑr\
The verdict
“nar” is uncommon French (frequency #62,466 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,466
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grenade.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nar · nar · French
nar · rank #62,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,466
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Naplouse
Nearest frequency peer: Naplouse (-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 « nar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Médéric
Médéric
37,538 corpus weight
- Naplouse
Naplouse
37,536 corpus weight
- nar
nar
37,535 corpus weight
- Nase
Nase
37,534 corpus weight
- nationalisée
nationalisée
37,533 corpus weight
- Naxos
Naxos
37,532 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɑr\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #62,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nar is uncommon French at frequency #62,466 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɑr\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grenade.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nar, spelled N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Grenade.
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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