négligée

\ne.ɡli.ʒe\

/\ne.ɡli.ʒe\/ adj

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The verdict

“négligée” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,723
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de négligé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-negligee · négligée · French

négligée · rank #30,723 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,723
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nécessitait

Nearest frequency peer: nécessitait (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « négligée »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « négligée » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

négligée vs négligés
88% similar
négligée vs négligées
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for négligée
PropertyValue
Headwordnégligée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ne.ɡli.ʒe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,723
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « négligée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.négligéese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nécessitait » (#30,722), « nymphe » (#30,721), « ons » (#30,725). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « négligée » est au #30,723. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around négligée (IPA \ne.ɡli.ʒe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,723 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de négligé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for négligée, with forms such as "negligee", "ngéligée", and "nnégligée". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "négligés", "négligées", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 négligée, spelled N-É-G-L-I-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de négligé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Fait assez inhabituel, il avait gardé sur sa chemise le harnachement de son holster, ceinturage de cuir toujours un peu impressionnant, qui contrastait avec sa tenue négligée, la chemise fripée, le pantalon de toile fatigué, les pieds nus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • negligee
  • ngéligée
  • nnégligée
  • néggligée
  • négilgée
  • néglgiée
  • négligeé
  • négliggée
  • négliége
  • néglligée
  • nélgigée
  • éngligée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of négligée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

negligee2ngéligée2nnégligée1néggligée1négilgée2néglgiée2négligeé2négliggée1
Edit distance from "négligée"

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 "négligée"?
"négligée" is spelled N-É-G-L-I-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ne.ɡli.ʒe\.
What does "négligée" mean?
As an adjective, "négligée" means: Féminin singulier de négligé.
What words are commonly confused with "négligée"?
"négligée" is commonly confused with "négligés", "négligées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "négligée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "négligée" is \ne.ɡli.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "négligée" come from?
"négligée" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list