naves
\nav\
The verdict
“naves” is uncommon French (frequency #93,026 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,026
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de nave.
Corpus desk
Index FR-naves · naves · French
naves · rank #93,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,026
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nard
Nearest frequency peer: nard (-2 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 « naves »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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naissons
6,981 corpus weight
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nanotubes
6,980 corpus weight
- nantie
nantie
6,979 corpus weight
- narcolepsie
narcolepsie
6,978 corpus weight
- nard
nard
6,977 corpus weight
- naves
naves
6,975 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « naves » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | naves |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nav\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « naves » en français
Rare enough to double-check
naves is uncommon French at frequency #93,026 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nav\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de nave.".
No misspelling variants are generated for naves in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is naves, spelled N-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de nave.
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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