narré

\na.ʁe\

/\na.ʁe\/ noun

The verdict

“narré” is uncommon French (frequency #70,878 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,878
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discours par lequel on narre, on raconte quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-narre · narré · French

narré · rank #70,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,878
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH napolitano

Nearest frequency peer: napolitano (-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 « narré »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « narré » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for narré
PropertyValue
Headwordnarré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.ʁe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « narré » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).narrétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « napolitano » (#70,877), « navrés » (#70,879), « Nemanja » (#70,880). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « narré » est au #70,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

narré is uncommon French at frequency #70,878 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \na.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discours par lequel on narre, on raconte quelque chose.".

narré doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 narré, spelled N-A-R-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discours par lequel on narre, on raconte quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. les quatre cent cinquante mille restants nous reviennent ramenés par les instances de nos agents qui vont chez les Assurés retardataires les embêter, jusqu’à ce qu’ils aient signé de nouveau leurs chartes d’assurance, en les effrayant et les échauffant par d’épouvantables narrés d’incendies, etc.
  2. Le narré des infortunes de Louis XVI et des vertueuses actions de la reine.

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 "narré"?
"narré" is spelled N-A-R-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \na.ʁe\.
What does "narré" mean?
As a noun, "narré" means: Discours par lequel on narre, on raconte quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "narré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "narré" is \na.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list