Nessa
\nɛ.sa\
The verdict
“Nessa” is uncommon French (frequency #75,942 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,942
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Corse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nessa · Nessa · French
Nessa · rank #75,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,942
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nerve
Nearest frequency peer: nerve (-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 « Nessa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ndoye
Ndoye
24,061 corpus weight
- nerve
nerve
24,060 corpus weight
- Nessa
Nessa
24,059 corpus weight
- nesta
nesta
24,058 corpus weight
- Neustadt
Neustadt
24,057 corpus weight
- neutral
neutral
24,056 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nessa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nessa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \nɛ.sa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nessa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nessa is uncommon French at frequency #75,942 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \nɛ.sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Corse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Nessa, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Nessa, spelled N-E-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Corse.
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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