narines

\na.ʁin\

/\na.ʁin\/ noun

The verdict

“narines” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,206. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,206
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-narines · narines · French

narines · rank #20,206 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,206
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nageur

Nearest frequency peer: nageur (-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 « narines »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « narines » 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).

narines vs nazies
71% similar
narines vs navires
71% similar
narines vs nominés
57% similar

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

Key facts for narines
PropertyValue
Headwordnarines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.ʁin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,206
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « narines »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).narinesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nageur » (#20,205), « natalité » (#20,207), « mécontent » (#20,204). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « narines » est au #20,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around narines (IPA \na.ʁin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,206 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de narine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for narines, with forms such as "anrines", "nairnes", and "nariens". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "nazies", "navires", "nominés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 narines, spelled N-A-R-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de narine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À ses narines surgissent ici et là, à quoi qu’il soit occupé, des croches de parfums surannés, l’odeur des pelures de reinettes ou des zestes de peaux d’orange que sa grand-mère laissait brûler sur le dessus de la cuisinière pour chasser les miasmes microbiens et les esprits malins ou pour embaumer la pièce, et celle, puissante, corsée, qui excite et dila…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anrines
  • nairnes
  • nariens
  • nariness
  • narinnes
  • narinse
  • narnies
  • narrines
  • nnarines
  • nraines

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of narines - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

anrines2nairnes2nariens2nariness1narinnes1narinse2narnies2narrines1
Edit distance from "narines"

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 "narines"?
"narines" is spelled N-A-R-I-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \na.ʁin\.
What does "narines" mean?
As a noun, "narines" means: Pluriel de narine.
What words are commonly confused with "narines"?
"narines" is commonly confused with "nazies", "navires", "nominés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "narines"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "narines" is \na.ʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "narines" come from?
"narines" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list