navire

\na.viʁ\

/\na.viʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“navire” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,092
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bateau qui sert à naviguer sur mer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-navire · navire · French

navire · rank #3,092 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,092
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH morceaux

Nearest frequency peer: morceaux (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « navire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « navire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

navire vs noire
67% similar
navire vs nuire
67% similar
navire vs nazie
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for navire
PropertyValue
Headwordnavire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.viʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,092
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « navire »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).navirese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « morceaux » (#3,091), « morceau » (#3,090), « perspective » (#3,094). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « navire » est au #3,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around navire (IPA \na.viʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,092 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Bateau qui sert à naviguer sur mer.
  2. 2
    Meuble 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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dès le second jour de notre traversée, nous arrivâmes en vue des Orcades. […]. Dans ces parages se sont perdus des milliers de navires, au nombre desquels on compte les vaisseaux de l’Invincible Armada.
  2. Le temps était calme et le navire dériva vers l’Équateur, sans que l’équipage se souciât de son sort.

Synonyms

vaisseaubateau

This word in other languages

ship(English)navío(Español)Schiff(Deutsch)navio(Português)

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.

anvire2naivre2navier2navirre1navrie2navvire1nnavire1nvaire2
Edit distance from "navire"

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 "navire"?
"navire" is spelled N-A-V-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \na.viʁ\.
What does "navire" mean?
As a noun, "navire" means: Bateau qui sert à naviguer sur mer.
What words are commonly confused with "navire"?
"navire" is commonly confused with "noire", "nuire", "nazie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "navire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "navire" is \na.viʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "navire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

horreur8 variantsthèse8 variantsforts8 variantsdépôt8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list