négligente
\ne.ɡli.ʒɑ̃t\
The verdict
“négligente” is uncommon French (frequency #76,841 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,841
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de négligent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-negligente · négligente · French
négligente · rank #76,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,841
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 86,328
- PHOTO-FINISH nuri
Nearest frequency peer: nuri (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “négligente”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nuisant
nuisant
23,162 corpus weight
- nuri
nuri
23,161 corpus weight
- négligente
négligente
23,160 corpus weight
- oat
oat
23,159 corpus weight
- oberlin
oberlin
23,158 corpus weight
- obélisques
obélisques
23,157 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “négligente” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | négligente |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ne.ɡli.ʒɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “négligente” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
négligente is uncommon French at frequency #76,841 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ne.ɡli.ʒɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de négligent.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for négligente, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is négligente, spelled N-É-G-L-I-G-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de négligent.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.