nard
\naʁ\
The verdict
“nard” is uncommon French (frequency #93,024 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,024
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nardus, genre de plantes herbacées aromatiques des prés de la famille des Poacées (ou graminées) qui comprend une unique espèce, le nard raide (Nardus stricta).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \naʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #93,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nard” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nard is uncommon French at frequency #93,024 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \naʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
nard has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nard, spelled N-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Nardus, genre de plantes herbacées aromatiques des prés de la famille des Poacées (ou graminées) qui comprend une unique espèce, le nard raide (Nardus stricta).
- 2Nardostachys, genre de plantes herbacées de la famille des valérianacées comportant plusieurs espèces dont le très odoriférant Nardostachys jatamansi.
- 3Synonyme de lavande aspic.
- 4Huile ambrée parfumée que les anciens tiraient de certaines racines, en particulier de la valériane celtique.
This word in other languages
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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Using “nard”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.