négrière
\ne.ɡʁi.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“négrière” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,602
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui faisait la traite d’esclaves noirs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | négrière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ne.ɡʁi.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “négrière” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around négrière (IPA \ne.ɡʁi.jɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,602 among 86,328 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for négrière, with forms such as "negriere", "ngérière", and "nnégrière". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is négrière, spelled N-É-G-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui faisait la traite d’esclaves noirs.
- 2Cheffe d’entreprise avare et dure, qui traite ses employés comme des esclaves.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- negriere
- ngérière
- nnégrière
- néggrière
- négirère
- négrirèe
- négrièer
- négrièrre
- négrrière
- négrèire
- nérgière
- éngrière
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of négrière - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “négrière”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-É-G-R-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ne.ɡʁi.jɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.