navajo

\na.va.ʁo\

/\na.va.ʁo\/ noun

The verdict

“navajo” is uncommon French (frequency #56,134 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,134
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue amérindienne parlée par les Navajos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-navajo · navajo · French

navajo · rank #56,134 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,134
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nieto

Nearest frequency peer: nieto (+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 « navajo »

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 « navajo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for navajo
PropertyValue
Headwordnavajo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.va.ʁo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,134
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « navajo » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).navajotombe 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: « nieto » (#56,135), « nigériens » (#56,136), « node » (#56,137). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « navajo » est au #56,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

navajo is uncommon French at frequency #56,134 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \na.va.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue amérindienne parlée par les Navajos.".

No misspelling variants are generated for navajo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is navajo, spelled N-A-V-A-J-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue amérindienne parlée par les Navajos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le navajo compte plus de locuteurs que n’importe quelle autre langue amérindienne au nord de la frontière entre le Mexique et les États-Unis.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "navajo"?
"navajo" is spelled N-A-V-A-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is \na.va.ʁo\.
What does "navajo" mean?
As a noun, "navajo" means: Langue amérindienne parlée par les Navajos.
How do you pronounce "navajo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "navajo" is \na.va.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "navajo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list