nargue
\naʁɡ\
The verdict
“nargue” is uncommon French (frequency #60,229 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,229
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insolence narquoise et méprisante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nargue · nargue · French
nargue · rank #60,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,229
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH métabolites
Nearest frequency peer: métabolites (-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 « nargue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mégalomane
mégalomane
39,775 corpus weight
- méprisée
méprisée
39,774 corpus weight
- métabolites
métabolites
39,773 corpus weight
- nargue
nargue
39,772 corpus weight
- NATO
NATO
39,771 corpus weight
- neuronal
neuronal
39,769 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nargue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nargue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \naʁɡ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nargue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nargue is uncommon French at frequency #60,229 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \naʁɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Insolence narquoise et méprisante.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nargue in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nargue, spelled N-A-R-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Insolence narquoise et méprisante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nargue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La nargue c’est à peu près tout ce qui nous reste, pas très brillant bien sûr, mais c’est inconfiscable, ça résiste aux fouilles et je crois qu’on va savoir s’en servir.
Toutes les allures de la Madelon, qui n'étaient point malhonnêtes, mais si fières et de telle nargue, qu'il s'en dépita.
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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