Nebraska
\ne.bʁas.ka\
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
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nebraska |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ne.bʁas.ka\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nebraska” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Nebraska (IPA \ne.bʁas.ka\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,538 among 86,328 “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
- 1Un 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.
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.
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 “Nebraska”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-E-B-R-A-S-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ne.bʁas.ka\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.