Nederlands
\ˈniə̯dərlɑn(t)s\
The verdict
“Nederlands” is uncommon French (frequency #84,102 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,102
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Néerlandais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nederlands · Nederlands · French
Nederlands · rank #84,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,102
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Nimrod
Nearest frequency peer: Nimrod (+2 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 « Nederlands »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- naissants
naissants
15,904 corpus weight
- nass
nass
15,902 corpus weight
- Nederlands
Nederlands
15,899 corpus weight
- Nimrod
Nimrod
15,897 corpus weight
- niquée
niquée
15,896 corpus weight
- nobiliaires
nobiliaires
15,895 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nederlands » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nederlands |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈniə̯dərlɑn(t)s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nederlands » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nederlands is uncommon French at frequency #84,102 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈniə̯dərlɑn(t)s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Néerlandais.".
Nederlands doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Nederlands, spelled N-E-D-E-R-L-A-N-D-S.
Definition
- 1Néerlandais.
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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