nella

/\ˈnel.la\/ article

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,571

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

nella is anFrencharticle. It means: Article contracté souvent traduit par en la ou dans la. Pronounced \ˈnel.la\. Often confused with Null and nola.

Key facts for nella
PropertyValue
Headwordnella
LanguageFrench
Part of speechArticle
IPA\ˈnel.la\
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,571
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nella in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for nella is 5 letters long, classified as anarticle, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈnel.la\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,571 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Article contracté souvent traduit par en la ou dans la.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nella, with forms such as "enlla", "nela", and "nelal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Null", "nola", "nulle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is nella, spelled N-E-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Article contracté souvent traduit par en la ou dans la.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enlla,nela,nelal,nlela,nnella

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nella

Misspelling Variants of "nella"

enlla5nela4nelal5nlela5nnella6
Misspelling Variants of "nella"

Frequency rank: #43,571 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nella"?
"nella" is spelled N-E-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈnel.la\.
What does "nella" mean?
As an article, "nella" means: Article contracté souvent traduit par en la ou dans la.
What words are commonly confused with "nella"?
"nella" is commonly confused with "Null", "nola", "nulle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nella"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nella" is \ˈnel.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nella" come from?
"nella" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.