Nebraska

\ne.bʁas.ka\

/\ne.bʁas.ka\/ name

The verdict

“Nebraska” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,538
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des cinquante États des États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal NE), bordé par le Dakota du Sud au nord, l’Iowa à l’est, le Missouri au sud-est, le Kansas au sud, le Colorado au sud-ouest, et le Wyom...

Corpus desk

Index FR-nebraska · Nebraska · French

Nebraska · rank #27,538 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,538
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH naïvement

Nearest frequency peer: naïvement (-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 « Nebraska »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Nebraska » 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
Key facts for Nebraska
PropertyValue
HeadwordNebraska
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ne.bʁas.ka\
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,538
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nebraska »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Nebraskase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « naïvement » (#27,537), « Nemours » (#27,539), « méningite » (#27,536). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « Nebraska » est au #27,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Nebraska (IPA \ne.bʁas.ka\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,538 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Un des cinquante États des États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal NE), bordé par le Dakota du Sud au nord, l’Iowa à l’est, le Missouri au sud-est, le Kansas au sud, le Colorado au sud-ouest, et le Wyom...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nebraska, with forms such as "enbraska", "nberaska", and "nebarska". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Nebraska, spelled N-E-B-R-A-S-K-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un des cinquante États des États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal NE), bordé par le Dakota du Sud au nord, l’Iowa à l’est, le Missouri au sud-est, le Kansas au sud, le Colorado au sud-ouest, et le Wyoming à l’ouest, et dont la capitale est Lincoln.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’émigration islandaise a commencé en 1870, […]. On a cherché à concentrer le mouvement, mais la difficulté était de trouver une contrée convenable; on a proposé la Nouvelle-Écosse, l’Ontario, le Wisconsin, le Nebraska, le Manitoba.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enbraska
  • nberaska
  • nebarska
  • nebbraska
  • nebraksa
  • nebrasak
  • nebraskka
  • nebrasska
  • nebrraska
  • nebrsaka
  • nerbaska
  • nnebraska

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nebraska - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

enbraska2nberaska2nebarska2nebbraska1nebraksa2nebrasak2nebraskka1nebrasska1
Edit distance from "Nebraska"

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 "Nebraska"?
"Nebraska" is spelled N-E-B-R-A-S-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ne.bʁas.ka\.
What does "Nebraska" mean?
As a proper noun, "Nebraska" means: Un des cinquante États des États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal NE), bordé par le Dakota du Sud au nord, l’Iowa à l’est, le Missouri au sud-est, le Kansas au sud, le Colorado au sud-ouest, et le Wyom...
What are common misspellings of "Nebraska"?
Common misspellings include "enbraska", "nberaska", "nebarska", "nebbraska", "nebraksa". The correct spelling is "Nebraska".
How do you pronounce "Nebraska"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nebraska" is \ne.bʁas.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nebraska" come from?
"Nebraska" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list