nautisme
\no.tism\
The verdict
“nautisme” is uncommon French (frequency #50,993 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,993
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des sports nautiques et en particulier la navigation de plaisance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nautisme · nautisme · French
nautisme · rank #50,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,993
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nais
Nearest frequency peer: nais (-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 « nautisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- métallurgiq…
métallurgiques
49,011 corpus weight
- métamorphos…
métamorphoser
49,010 corpus weight
- nais
nais
49,009 corpus weight
- nautisme
nautisme
49,008 corpus weight
- niaiserie
niaiserie
49,007 corpus weight
- nimbus
nimbus
49,006 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nautisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nautisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \no.tism\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nautisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nautisme is uncommon French at frequency #50,993 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \no.tism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble des sports nautiques et en particulier la navigation de plaisance.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nautisme, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nautisme, spelled N-A-U-T-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des sports nautiques et en particulier la navigation de plaisance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nautisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On peut y pratiquer le nautisme et le kayak, mais aussi le golf.
Le nautisme génère de nombreux effets économiques induits : construction, location, vente et entretien de bateaux, traiteur pour les bateaux a passagers, restauration, stages (voile, plongée, ski nautique), haltes (commerces et services de proximité), ports de plaisance, fêtes nautiques.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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