nettoyer

\ne.twa.je\

/\ne.twa.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“nettoyer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,588. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,588
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre net et propre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nettoyer · nettoyer · French

nettoyer · rank #5,588 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,588
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH négociation

Nearest frequency peer: négociation (+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 « nettoyer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nettoyer » 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).

nettoyer vs nettoyez
88% similar
nettoyer vs nettoyés
75% similar
nettoyer vs nettoyeur
89% similar

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

Key facts for nettoyer
PropertyValue
Headwordnettoyer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ne.twa.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,588
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nettoyer »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « négociation » (#5,589), « mythe » (#5,586), « occasions » (#5,590). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nettoyer » est au #5,588. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around nettoyer (IPA \ne.twa.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,588 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nettoyer, with forms such as "enttoyer", "netotyer", and "netoyer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "nettoyez", "nettoyés", "nettoyeur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nettoyer, spelled N-E-T-T-O-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre net et propre.
  2. 2
    Évacuer ; faire disparaître des indésirables, au besoin en les supprimant.
  3. 3
    Rendre plus pur, plus net et plus correct.
  4. 4
    Réduire un foyer de résistance en langage militaire.
  5. 5
    Prendre tout son argent à quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'était le branle-bas de combat au paradis. Dieu le Père observait d'un œil distrait ses hordes d'anges astiquer les nuages pour la fête de Noël. On avait nettoyé la crèche, mis de la paille fraîche, brossé le bœuf et l'âne.
  2. Elles accomplissaient des tâches qui leur étaient a priori familières : elles nettoyaient le riz, pilaient l'igname et moulaient le maïs. Elles travaillaient aussi comme cuisinières, à la place ou, parfois, en compagnie du coq, et préparaient des repas pour les centaines d'habitants du navire.

Synonyms

cleaner

This word in other languages

clean(English)limpiar(Español)reinigen(Deutsch)limpar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enttoyer
  • netotyer
  • netoyer
  • nettoeyr
  • nettoyerr
  • nettoyre
  • nettoyyer
  • nettyoer
  • nnettoyer
  • ntetoyer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nettoyer - 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.

enttoyer2netotyer2netoyer1nettoeyr2nettoyerr1nettoyre2nettoyyer1nettyoer2
Edit distance from "nettoyer"

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 "nettoyer"?
"nettoyer" is spelled N-E-T-T-O-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ne.twa.je\.
What does "nettoyer" mean?
As a verb, "nettoyer" means: Rendre net et propre.
What words are commonly confused with "nettoyer"?
"nettoyer" is commonly confused with "nettoyez", "nettoyés", "nettoyeur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nettoyer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nettoyer" is \ne.twa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nettoyer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list