negri
\ˈnɛɣrɪ\
The verdict
“negri” is uncommon French (frequency #87,881 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,881
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Noir, nègre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-negri · negri · French
negri · rank #87,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,881
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nearly
Nearest frequency peer: nearly (-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 « negri »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- natali
natali
12,123 corpus weight
- Naylor
Naylor
12,122 corpus weight
- nearly
nearly
12,121 corpus weight
- negri
negri
12,120 corpus weight
- neurotoxiqu…
neurotoxiques
12,119 corpus weight
- nivet
nivet
12,117 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « negri » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | negri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈnɛɣrɪ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « negri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
negri is uncommon French at frequency #87,881 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈnɛɣrɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ou Noir, nègre.".
negri has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 negri, spelled N-E-G-R-I.
Definition
- 1ou Noir, nègre.
Synonyms
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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