ne pas avoir peur des mots

verb

The verdict

“ne pas avoir peur des mots” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
26
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appeler une chose par son nom.

Key facts for ne pas avoir peur des mots
PropertyValue
Headwordne pas avoir peur des mots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters26
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ne pas avoir peur des mots” sits in French frequency

ne pas avoir peur des mots falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ne pas avoir peur des mots is 26 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Appeler une chose par son nom.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ne pas avoir peur des mots, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 ne pas avoir peur des mots, spelled N-E- -P-A-S- -A-V-O-I-R- -P-E-U-R- -D-E-S- -M-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appeler une chose par son nom.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ne pas avoir peur des mots"?
"ne pas avoir peur des mots" is spelled N-E- -P-A-S- -A-V-O-I-R- -P-E-U-R- -D-E-S- -M-O-T-S.
What does "ne pas avoir peur des mots" mean?
As a verb, "ne pas avoir peur des mots" means: Appeler une chose par son nom.
What language does "ne pas avoir peur des mots" come from?
"ne pas avoir peur des mots" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “ne pas avoir peur des mots”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is N-E- -P-A-S- -A-V-O-I-R- -P-E-U-R- -D-E-S- -M-O-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list