nettes

\nɛt\

/\nɛt\/ adj

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The verdict

“nettes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,543
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de net.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nettes · nettes · French

nettes · rank #18,543 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,543
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH méditerranéen…

Nearest frequency peer: méditerranéenne (-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 « nettes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « nettes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nettes vs notes
67% similar
nettes vs nôtres
67% similar
nettes vs neuves
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nettes
PropertyValue
Headwordnettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\nɛt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,543
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nettes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nettesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « méditerranéenne » (#18,542), « Nixon » (#18,544), « Muriel » (#18,541). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nettes » est au #18,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around nettes (IPA \nɛt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,543 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de net.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for nettes, with forms such as "enttes", "netes", and "netets". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "notes", "nôtres", "neuves", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nettes, spelled N-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de net.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’avais criavé et dormi, mes idées étaient nettes, ce qu’il fallait c’était revenir sur mes pas, demander à Gary de rechercher pour moi le médaillon dans ce putain de lac.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enttes
  • netes
  • netets
  • nettess
  • nettse
  • nnettes
  • ntetes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nettes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

enttes2netes1netets2nettess1nettse2nnettes1ntetes2
Edit distance from "nettes"

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 "nettes"?
"nettes" is spelled N-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \nɛt\.
What does "nettes" mean?
As an adjective, "nettes" means: Féminin pluriel de net.
What words are commonly confused with "nettes"?
"nettes" is commonly confused with "notes", "nôtres", "neuves". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nettes" is \nɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nettes" come from?
"nettes" 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 "nettes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Muriel#18,541muette#18,540noyaux#18,546pantin#18,549

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Nixon7 variantsmirror7 variantsperron7 variantsqueues7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list