nasser

\na.se\

/\na.se\/ verb

The verdict

“nasser” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,807
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prendre (des manifestants...) comme par une nasse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nasser · nasser · French

nasser · rank #18,807 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,807
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH métis

Nearest frequency peer: métis (-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 « nasser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nasser » 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).

nasser vs nausée
50% similar
nasser vs nager
67% similar
nasser vs Nassau
50% similar

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

Key facts for nasser
PropertyValue
Headwordnasser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\na.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,807
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nasser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nasserse 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 « métis » (#18,806), « nombril » (#18,808), « méritée » (#18,805). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nasser » est au #18,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around nasser (IPA \na.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,807 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prendre (des manifestants...) comme par une nasse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for nasser, with forms such as "ansser", "naser", and "nasesr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "nausée", "nager", "Nassau", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 nasser, spelled N-A-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prendre (des manifestants...) comme par une nasse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Poussés, nassés, gazés, une personne blessée.
  2. Un juge d’instruction va enquêter sur les pratiques de maintien de l’ordre de l’ex-préfet de police de Paris Didier Lallement, accusé par deux figures des « gilets jaunes » de les avoir mises en danger en les « nassant » et de les avoir empêchées de manifester fin 2019.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ansser
  • naser
  • nasesr
  • nasserr
  • nassre
  • nnasser
  • nsaser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nasser - 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.

ansser2naser1nasesr2nasserr1nassre2nnasser1nsaser2
Edit distance from "nasser"

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 "nasser"?
"nasser" is spelled N-A-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \na.se\.
What does "nasser" mean?
As a verb, "nasser" means: Prendre (des manifestants...) comme par une nasse.
What words are commonly confused with "nasser"?
"nasser" is commonly confused with "nausée", "nager", "Nassau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nasser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nasser" is \na.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nasser" come from?
"nasser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list