nerprun
\nɛʁ.pʁœ̃\
The verdict
“nerprun” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rhamnus, genre d’arbres de la famille des rhamnacées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nerprun · nerprun · French
nerprun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nerprun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛʁ.pʁœ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
nerprun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɛʁ.pʁœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nerprun, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nerprun, spelled N-E-R-P-R-U-N.
Definition
- 1Rhamnus, genre d’arbres de la famille des rhamnacées.
- 2Rhamnus catharticus, le nerprun purgatif, arbrisseau qui porte un petit fruit noir dont on se sert en médecine et dans la teinture.
- 3Substance issue de certaines espèces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nerprun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle voulut allumer un feu dans l’âtre : elle cassa, ici ou là, des branches vertes de sanvuillot et de nerprun, en fit un petit fagot de femme veuve et tenta de l’allumer avec son petit briquet doré.
N’ayez crainte, le feu ronflait car je savais le bois qu’il fallait choisir. Le frêne et l’acacia pour faire de la flamme, le chêne et le foyard pour faire de la braise, le vieux nerprun et l’épine blanche pour durer.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.