néerlandophone

\ne.ɛʁ.lɑ̃.do.fɔn\

/\ne.ɛʁ.lɑ̃.do.fɔn\/ adj

The verdict

“néerlandophone” is uncommon French (frequency #57,470 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,470
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui parle habituellement le néerlandais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-neerlandophone · néerlandophone · French

néerlandophone · rank #57,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,470
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH néandertaliens

Nearest frequency peer: néandertaliens (-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 « néerlandophone »

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 « néerlandophone » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for néerlandophone
PropertyValue
Headwordnéerlandophone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ne.ɛʁ.lɑ̃.do.fɔn\
Letters14
Frequency rank#57,470
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « néerlandophone » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.néerlandophonetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « néandertaliens » (#57,469), « négritude » (#57,471), « nuova » (#57,468). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « néerlandophone » est au #57,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

néerlandophone is uncommon French at frequency #57,470 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ne.ɛʁ.lɑ̃.do.fɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

néerlandophone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is néerlandophone, spelled N-É-E-R-L-A-N-D-O-P-H-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui parle habituellement le néerlandais.
  2. 2
    Dont le néerlandais est la langue véhiculaire.
  3. 3
    Relatif au patrimoine néerlandophone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Avant, on se voyait décrocher en tant que Flamand du « flamin » ou du « flamouche », mais ce sobriquet a tendance à disparaître ou est, du moins, temporairement rangé aux oubliettes. Maintenant, les autochtones néerlandophones sont baptisés à l'école de « flappies » par leurs camarades allochtones.

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 "néerlandophone"?
"néerlandophone" is spelled N-É-E-R-L-A-N-D-O-P-H-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ne.ɛʁ.lɑ̃.do.fɔn\.
What does "néerlandophone" mean?
As an adjective, "néerlandophone" means: Qui parle habituellement le néerlandais.
How do you pronounce "néerlandophone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "néerlandophone" is \ne.ɛʁ.lɑ̃.do.fɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list