navire
\na.viʁ\
The verdict
“navire” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,092 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,092
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bateau qui sert à naviguer sur mer.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | navire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \na.viʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “navire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for navire is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \na.viʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,092 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for navire, with forms such as "anvire", "naivre", and "navier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "noire", "nuire", "nazie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is navire, spelled N-A-V-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Bateau qui sert à naviguer sur mer.
- 2Meuble représentant un bâtiment de fort tonnage dans les armoiries. Sa représentation est si variée que le blasonnement doit être exhaustif pour éviter les erreurs. Il faut préciser le nombre de mâts ou le type de navire auquel on fait référence. Si les voiles sont d’une couleur autre que le navire, on le dit habillé. S’il est représenté avec son agrès, il est dit équipé. Si des pavillons sont visibles en haut des mâts, on le dit flammé. S’il est posé sur une onde (mer, rivière…), on le dit flottant ou voguant. À rapprocher de bateau, drakkar, flobard, gabarot, galère, nef et vaisseau.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anvire,naivre,navier,navirre,navrie,navvire,nnavire,nvaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of navire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “navire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-A-V-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \na.viʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “noire” - see the side-by-side comparison. navire vs noire
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.