Nest
\nɛst\
The verdict
“Nest” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,704
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nid.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nest · Nest · French
Nest · rank #21,704 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,704
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH navettes
Nearest frequency peer: navettes (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nest »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- mâchoires
mâchoires
78,301 corpus weight
- nageurs
nageurs
78,300 corpus weight
- narratif
narratif
78,299 corpus weight
- navettes
navettes
78,298 corpus weight
- Nest
Nest
78,297 corpus weight
- Nexus
Nexus
78,296 corpus weight
What this shows « Nest » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nest |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛst\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nest »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Nest (IPA \nɛst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,704 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nest, with forms such as "enst", "nesst", and "nestt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NS", "Nt", "nos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Nest, spelled N-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Nid.
- 2Lit.
- 3Petit village, trou.
- 4Planque pour les criminels, ou retranchement, base pour les militaires.
- 5Coiffure proche du chignon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Vogel baut sein Nest.
Mehrere Kleinstädte in Schleswig-Holstein wollen mit Hilfe von Greifvögeln die Zahl der Saatkrähen eindämmen. Die Kommunen haben große Kolonien der Rabenvögel und damit einhergehend mit Problemen wie Lärmbelästigung oder Kot unter den Nestern zu kämpfen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enst
- nesst
- nestt
- nnest
- nset
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nest - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).