nécro

\ne.kʁo\

/\ne.kʁo\/ noun

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The verdict

“nécro” is uncommon French (frequency #99,433 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,433
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nécrologie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-necro · nécro · French

nécro · rank #99,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,433
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Néandertalien

Nearest frequency peer: Néandertalien (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « nécro »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nécro » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nécro
PropertyValue
Headwordnécro
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ne.kʁo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#99,433
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nécro » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nécrotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Néandertalien » (#99,432), « néodyme » (#99,434), « nusra » (#99,431). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nécro » est au #99,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nécro is uncommon French at frequency #99,433 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ne.kʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nécrologie.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nécro, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nécro, spelled N-É-C-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nécrologie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Faut quèque chose de plus musclé… et qui ne ressemble pas à une « nécro » !
  2. Parmi les nouvelles régionales, la routine, départs en retraite, nominations, accidents de la route, nécros, un vol avec effraction au port de La Tremblade.

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 "nécro"?
"nécro" is spelled N-É-C-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ne.kʁo\.
What does "nécro" mean?
As a noun, "nécro" means: Nécrologie.
How do you pronounce "nécro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nécro" is \ne.kʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nécro" come from?
"nécro" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nusra#99,431Nowak#99,428Onema#99,441nords#99,423

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list