Némésis
\ne.me.zis\
The verdict
“Némésis” is uncommon French (frequency #51,631 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,631
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déesse grecque de la vengeance, plus particulièrement la vengeance divine, considérée comme une océanide par certains auteurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nemesis · Némésis · French
Némésis · rank #51,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,631
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nur
Nearest frequency peer: nur (-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 « Némésis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- neuneu
neuneu
48,374 corpus weight
- NHK
NHK
48,373 corpus weight
- Normandeau
Normandeau
48,372 corpus weight
- nur
nur
48,371 corpus weight
- Némésis
Némésis
48,370 corpus weight
- névralgique
névralgique
48,369 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Némésis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Némésis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ne.me.zis\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Némésis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Némésis is uncommon French at frequency #51,631 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ne.me.zis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Némésis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 Némésis, spelled N-É-M-É-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Déesse grecque de la vengeance, plus particulièrement la vengeance divine, considérée comme une océanide par certains auteurs.
- 2Nom d’une étoile hypothétique qui formerait une étoile double avec le Soleil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Némésis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Grande Némésis, déesse de la juste colère, entendit sa plainte et l’exauça !
Si la venue d’étrangers était la Némésis souvent décrite, comment des pays comme l’Amérique ou l’Australie auraient-ils pu bâtir leur prospérité ?
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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