naville
\na.vij\
The verdict
“naville” is uncommon French (frequency #90,970 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,970
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Canal navigable, en Lombardie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-naville · naville · French
naville · rank #90,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,970
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Nanni
Nearest frequency peer: Nanni (-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 « naville »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nae
nae
9,036 corpus weight
- nancéiens
nancéiens
9,033 corpus weight
- Nanni
Nanni
9,032 corpus weight
- naville
naville
9,031 corpus weight
- navre
navre
9,030 corpus weight
- NBs
NBs
9,028 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « naville » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | naville |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \na.vij\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « naville » en français
Rare enough to double-check
naville is uncommon French at frequency #90,970 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \na.vij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
naville doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is naville, spelled N-A-V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Canal navigable, en Lombardie.
- 2Petit canal d'irrigation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how naville appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… elle passera un naville sur un pont nouvellement fait.
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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