narine

\na.ʁin\

/\na.ʁin\/ noun

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The verdict

“narine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,481
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacune des deux ouvertures du nez par lesquelles l’être humain respire et perçoit les odeurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-narine · narine · French

narine · rank #42,481 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,481
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH napoléonienne

Nearest frequency peer: napoléonienne (-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 « narine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « narine » 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).

narine vs nine
67% similar
narine vs nazie
67% similar
narine vs navire
67% similar

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

Key facts for narine
PropertyValue
Headwordnarine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.ʁin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,481
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « narine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).narinese 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 « napoléonienne » (#42,480), « NDDL » (#42,482), « métaboliques » (#42,479). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « narine » est au #42,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around narine (IPA \na.ʁin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,481 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for narine, with forms such as "anrine", "nairne", and "narien". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "nine", "nazie", "navire", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 narine, spelled N-A-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacune des deux ouvertures du nez par lesquelles l’être humain respire et perçoit les odeurs.
  2. 2
    Ouverture équivalente chez un grand nombre d’animaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mouillez votre petit doigt et glissez-le délicatement jusqu’en haut de votre narine, là, effectuez de minuscules mouvements circulaires, sans forcer, il ne s’agit pas de se faire mal mais de dégager le haut de votre narine.
  2. Elle avait l’âme de son regard de feu, l’esprit de ses lèvres brillantées par ses dents prestigieuses, la pensée de son front sublime, la fureur de ses narines toujours prêtes à hennir.

Synonyms

trous de nez

This word in other languages

nostril(English)narina(Español)Nasenloch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anrine
  • nairne
  • narien
  • narinne
  • narnie
  • narrine
  • nnarine
  • nraine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of narine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

anrine2nairne2narien2narinne1narnie2narrine1nnarine1nraine2
Edit distance from "narine"

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 "narine"?
"narine" is spelled N-A-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \na.ʁin\.
What does "narine" mean?
As a noun, "narine" means: Chacune des deux ouvertures du nez par lesquelles l’être humain respire et perçoit les odeurs.
What words are commonly confused with "narine"?
"narine" is commonly confused with "nine", "nazie", "navire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "narine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "narine" is \na.ʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "narine" come from?
"narine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

nougat#42,489offset#42,497milady#42,463orgies#42,504

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

mayeur8 variantsMarcq8 variantsPisani8 variantsplots8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list