nastie
\nas.ti\
The verdict
“nastie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvement déclenché par un facteur externe chez un végétal, sans rapport d’orientation avec ce facteur et indépendant de la croissance de ce végétal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nastie · nastie · French
nastie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nastie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nas.ti\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nastie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nastie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nas.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mouvement déclenché par un facteur externe chez un végétal, sans rapport d’orientation avec ce facteur et indépendant de la croissance de ce végétal.".
nastie has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nastie, spelled N-A-S-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Mouvement déclenché par un facteur externe chez un végétal, sans rapport d’orientation avec ce facteur et indépendant de la croissance de ce végétal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nastie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On utilise celui [le mot] de nastie quand l’orientation du mouvement des plantes (tactismes, nasties, tropismes, nutation) n’avaient cessé d'intriguer les naturalistes.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.