nécrose

/\ne.kʁoz\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,036

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

nécrose is aFrenchnoun. It means: Mortification ; altération, dégénérescence de cellules, de tissus qui aboutit à leur mort. Pronounced \ne.kʁoz\. Often confused with négros and névrose.

Key facts for nécrose
PropertyValue
Headwordnécrose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ne.kʁoz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,036
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nécrose in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for nécrose is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ne.kʁoz\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,036 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mortification ; altération, dégénérescence de cellules, de tissus qui aboutit à leur mort.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for nécrose, with forms such as "ncérose", "necrose", and "nnécrose". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "négros", "névrose", "neurone", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is nécrose, spelled N-É-C-R-O-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mortification ; altération, dégénérescence de cellules, de tissus qui aboutit à leur mort.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ncérose,necrose,nnécrose,néccrose,nécorse,nécroes,nécrosse,nécrrose,nécrsoe,nércose,éncrose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nécrose

Misspelling Variants of "nécrose"

ncérose7necrose7nnécrose8néccrose8nécorse7nécroes7nécrosse8nécrrose8
Misspelling Variants of "nécrose"

Frequency rank: #43,036 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nécrose"?
"nécrose" is spelled N-É-C-R-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ne.kʁoz\.
What does "nécrose" mean?
As a noun, "nécrose" means: Mortification ; altération, dégénérescence de cellules, de tissus qui aboutit à leur mort.
What words are commonly confused with "nécrose"?
"nécrose" is commonly confused with "négros", "névrose", "neurone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nécrose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nécrose" is \ne.kʁoz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nécrose" come from?
"nécrose" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.