nerf ulnaire
\nɛ.ʁ‿yl.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“nerf ulnaire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nerf du membre supérieur chez l’humain, issu du plexus brachial et cheminant en arrière de l'épicondyle médial de l'humérus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nerf ulnaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛ.ʁ‿yl.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nerf ulnaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for nerf ulnaire is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɛ.ʁ‿yl.nɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nerf du membre supérieur chez l’humain, issu du plexus brachial et cheminant en arrière de l'épicondyle médial de l'humérus.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nerf ulnaire, 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 documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is nerf ulnaire, spelled N-E-R-F- -U-L-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Nerf du membre supérieur chez l’humain, issu du plexus brachial et cheminant en arrière de l'épicondyle médial de l'humérus.
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Using “nerf ulnaire”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-E-R-F- -U-L-N-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nɛ.ʁ‿yl.nɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.