nebula
\ˈne.bu.la\
The verdict
“nebula” is uncommon French (frequency #69,264 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,264
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nuage (de poussière, de fumée), brouillard, vapeur, exhalaison, émanation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nebula · nebula · French
nebula · rank #69,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,264
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 86,328
- PHOTO-FINISH Nausicaa
Nearest frequency peer: Nausicaa (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nebula”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- naso
naso
30,740 corpus weight
- nationalisé…
nationalisées
30,739 corpus weight
- Nausicaa
Nausicaa
30,738 corpus weight
- nebula
nebula
30,737 corpus weight
- nevermind
nevermind
30,736 corpus weight
- nicodème
nicodème
30,735 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nebula” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nebula |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈne.bu.la\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nebula” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nebula is uncommon French at frequency #69,264 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈne.bu.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nebula, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nebula, spelled N-E-B-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Nuage (de poussière, de fumée), brouillard, vapeur, exhalaison, émanation.
- 2Vapeur, chose légère, chose transparente.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nebula", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.