nénuphars
\ne.ny.faʁ\
The verdict
“nénuphars” is uncommon French (frequency #67,739 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,739
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de nénuphar.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nenuphars · nénuphars · French
nénuphars · rank #67,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,739
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH névrosés
Nearest frequency peer: névrosés (+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 « nénuphars »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Nollet
Nollet
32,266 corpus weight
- nommerai
nommerai
32,265 corpus weight
- nénuphars
nénuphars
32,262 corpus weight
- névrosés
névrosés
32,261 corpus weight
- ognon
ognon
32,260 corpus weight
- oint
oint
32,259 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nénuphars » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nénuphars |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ne.ny.faʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nénuphars » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nénuphars is uncommon French at frequency #67,739 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ne.ny.faʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de nénuphar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nénuphars in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nénuphars, spelled N-É-N-U-P-H-A-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de nénuphar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nénuphars appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils pensaient au départ qu’il s’agissait du Victoriana amazonia, l’une des deux variétés connues de nénuphars géants, dont le nom vient de la reine Victoria.
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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