nem
\nɛm\
The verdict
“nem” is uncommon French (frequency #50,383 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,383
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plat traditionnel du Viêt Nam, sorte de beignet frit constitué de farce entourée d’une galette de riz.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nem · nem · French
nem · rank #50,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,383
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nauséabond
Nearest frequency peer: nauséabond (-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 « nem »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mérinos
mérinos
49,620 corpus weight
- nauséabond
nauséabond
49,619 corpus weight
- nem
nem
49,618 corpus weight
- niaiser
niaiser
49,617 corpus weight
- Nicolle
Nicolle
49,616 corpus weight
- nihiliste
nihiliste
49,615 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nem » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nem |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛm\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #50,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nem » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nem is uncommon French at frequency #50,383 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plat traditionnel du Viêt Nam, sorte de beignet frit constitué de farce entourée d’une galette de riz.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nem, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nem, spelled N-E-M.
Definition
- 1Plat traditionnel du Viêt Nam, sorte de beignet frit constitué de farce entourée d’une galette de riz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La sauce pour accompagner les nems est un mélange de nuoc-mâm et d’eau, avec du sucre et du citron.
Nous nous querellions toujours pour savoir si les nems se mangent avant ou après la soupe.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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