nausea
\ˈnɔːziə\
The verdict
“nausea” 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) - Nausée, haut-le-cœur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nausea · nausea · French
nausea · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | nausea |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈnɔːziə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nausea » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nausea is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈnɔːziə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nausée, haut-le-cœur.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nausea, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nausea, spelled N-A-U-S-E-A.
Definition
- 1Nausée, haut-le-cœur.
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.