nébuleux
\ne.by.lø\
The verdict
“nébuleux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,922. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,922
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est obscurci par les nuages.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nebuleux · nébuleux · French
nébuleux · rank #46,922 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #46,922
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nutritives
Nearest frequency peer: nutritives (-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 “nébuleux”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nutritif
nutritif
53,081 corpus weight
- nutritives
nutritives
53,080 corpus weight
- nébuleux
nébuleux
53,079 corpus weight
- néoclassique
néoclassique
53,078 corpus weight
- obligataire
obligataire
53,077 corpus weight
- occlusion
occlusion
53,076 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nébuleux” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nébuleux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ne.by.lø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #46,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nébuleux” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around nébuleux (IPA \ne.by.lø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,922 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for nébuleux, with forms such as "nbéuleux", "nebuleux", and "nnébuleux". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "nébuleuse", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 nébuleux, spelled N-É-B-U-L-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est obscurci par les nuages.
- 2Qui s’obscurcit.
- 3Qui est menacé de troubles, d’événements tristes, funestes.
- 4Où se peint le souci, l’inquiétude.
- 5Qui n’est pas clair, qui est flou comme les nuages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nébuleux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le notaire avait une canne machinée, qui se dévissait par le haut ; il y glissait ses billets doux, et, quand il voulait correspondre avec ma femme, il me disait : "Muserolle, le ciel est nébuleux, prêtez-moi donc un parapluie, je vous laisse ma canne." Et il partait.
On a parlé de dépôts glaciaires avant le Primaire, on en a cité au Permien ; cela semblerait indiquer que la terre n'était pas toujours plongée dans une atmosphère chaude, humide et nébuleuse dont on a longtemps gratifié les temps carbonifères.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nbéuleux
- nebuleux
- nnébuleux
- nébbuleux
- néblueux
- nébuelux
- nébuleuxx
- nébulexu
- nébulleux
- nébuluex
- néubleux
- énbuleux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nébuleux - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nébuleux", 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).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "nébuleuse". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #46,922 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
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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.