Nérac

\ne.ʁak\

/\ne.ʁak\/ name

The verdict

“Nérac” is uncommon French (frequency #64,654 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,654
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Lot-et-Garonne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nerac · Nérac · French

Nérac · rank #64,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,654
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH négligents

Nearest frequency peer: négligents (-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 « Nérac »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nérac » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nérac
PropertyValue
HeadwordNérac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ne.ʁak\
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,654
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Nérac » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Néractombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « négligents » (#64,653), « obscurcir » (#64,655), « nourrissez » (#64,652). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « Nérac » est au #64,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nérac is uncommon French at frequency #64,654 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ne.ʁak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département du Lot-et-Garonne.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Nérac in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Nérac, spelled N-É-R-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Lot-et-Garonne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Nérac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Des secours, pompiers et Samu, sont arrivés de toute la région, principalement de Nérac et de Casteljaloux, et une cellule d’assistance psychologique a été installée au centre de secours de Houeillès pour rassurer ceux du second minibus.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nérac"?
"Nérac" is spelled N-É-R-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ne.ʁak\.
What does "Nérac" mean?
As a proper noun, "Nérac" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Lot-et-Garonne.
How do you pronounce "Nérac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nérac" is \ne.ʁak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nérac" come from?
"Nérac" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nérac", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list