naze

\naz\

/\naz\/ adj

The verdict

“naze” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,845
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne vaut rien ; qui ne fonctionne pas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-naze · naze · French

naze · rank #13,845 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,845
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH navale

Nearest frequency peer: navale (-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 « naze »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « naze » 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).

naze vs ne
50% similar
naze vs nez
50% similar
naze vs nue
50% similar

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

Key facts for naze
PropertyValue
Headwordnaze
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\naz\
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,845
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « naze »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « navale » (#13,844), « nazisme » (#13,846), « métrages » (#13,843). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « naze » est au #13,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around naze (IPA \naz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,845 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for naze, with forms such as "anze", "naez", and "nazze". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ne", "nez", "nue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is naze, spelled N-A-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne vaut rien ; qui ne fonctionne pas.
  2. 2
    Qui n’a aucun intérêt.
  3. 3
    Fatigué.
  4. 4
    Qui n'est bon à rien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous y apprendrez par exemple que « se faire tilter », c’est se faire percuter, qu’une « caisse », c’est une voiture, une « bécane » une moto, et que si cette bécane est « naze », c’est qu’elle est bien mal en point.
  2. Et tout était naze comme ça… Pour Bellocchio, j’aurais suivi, mais là… Et puis il avait son gourou, la caricature du psy pas net qui essaie d’attraper des gonzesses un peu faibles de caractère ! Je n’ai même pas vu le film.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anze
  • naez
  • nazze
  • nnaze
  • nzae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of naze - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

anze2naez2nazze1nnaze1nzae2
Edit distance from "naze"

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 "naze"?
"naze" is spelled N-A-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is \naz\.
What does "naze" mean?
As an adjective, "naze" means: Qui ne vaut rien ; qui ne fonctionne pas.
What words are commonly confused with "naze"?
"naze" is commonly confused with "ne", "nez", "nue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "naze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "naze" is \naz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "naze" come from?
"naze" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list