nettoyé

\nɛ.twa.je\

/\nɛ.twa.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“nettoyé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,210
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de nettoyer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nettoye · nettoyé · French

nettoyé · rank #20,210 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,210
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nausées

Nearest frequency peer: nausées (-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 « nettoyé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nettoyé » 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).

nettoyé vs nettoyer
75% similar
nettoyé vs nettoyée
88% similar
nettoyé vs nettoyez
75% similar

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

Key facts for nettoyé
PropertyValue
Headwordnettoyé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nɛ.twa.je\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,210
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nettoyé »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nettoyése 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 « nausées » (#20,209), « Nevada » (#20,211), « nausée » (#20,208). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nettoyé » est au #20,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around nettoyé (IPA \nɛ.twa.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,210 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de nettoyer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for nettoyé, with forms such as "enttoyé", "netotyé", and "netoyé". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "nettoyer", "nettoyée", "nettoyez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nettoyé, spelled N-E-T-T-O-Y-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de nettoyer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Conformément aux prescriptions du cahier des charges publié par le Ministère des Colonies, ces piles ont dû être construites à sec, à l’abri de batardeaux métalliques et assises sur le rocher, nettoyé et débousiné.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enttoyé
  • netotyé
  • netoyé
  • nettoye
  • nettoyyé
  • nettoéy
  • nettyoé
  • nnettoyé
  • ntetoyé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nettoyé - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enttoyé2netotyé2netoyé1nettoye1nettoyyé1nettoéy2nettyoé2nnettoyé1
Edit distance from "nettoyé"

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 "nettoyé"?
"nettoyé" is spelled N-E-T-T-O-Y-É. The IPA pronunciation is \nɛ.twa.je\.
What does "nettoyé" mean?
As a verb, "nettoyé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de nettoyer.
What words are commonly confused with "nettoyé"?
"nettoyé" is commonly confused with "nettoyer", "nettoyée", "nettoyez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nettoyé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nettoyé" is \nɛ.twa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nettoyé" come from?
"nettoyé" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nettoyé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nausées#20,209narines#20,206Michaël#20,197louable#20,186

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

onglet9 variantsmagnus9 variantspoussette9 variantsraquette9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list