nénette
\ne.nɛt\
The verdict
“nénette” is uncommon French (frequency #81,395 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,395
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune fille ; jeune femme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nenette · nénette · French
nénette · rank #81,395 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,395
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH néoprène
Nearest frequency peer: néoprène (+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 « nénette »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- notarial
notarial
18,610 corpus weight
- nénette
nénette
18,606 corpus weight
- néoprène
néoprène
18,605 corpus weight
- névrosée
névrosée
18,604 corpus weight
- obstinés
obstinés
18,602 corpus weight
- obstrue
obstrue
18,601 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nénette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nénette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ne.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nénette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nénette is uncommon French at frequency #81,395 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ne.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
nénette has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nénette, spelled N-É-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Jeune fille ; jeune femme.
- 2Vulve.
- 3Méninges ; cerveau ; tête.
- 4Brosse souple et douce utilisée pour lustrer la carrosserie des automobiles.
- 5Au jeu de 421; plus petit score: 221 (deux dés à 2 et un dé à 1)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nénette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une nénette enceinte, c'est pas l’Himalaya, et un contrôle fiscal, c'est pas un mardi noir à Wall Street. D'abord tu largues la nénette, je te file l'oseille en liquide pour les formalités. Ensuite, tu disparais du bureau, […].
— J'y ai pensé, moi, s'anima Poulouc, et jour et nuit, sans perdre mon temps à courir les nénettes !
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).