Neustrie
\nø.stʁi\
The verdict
“Neustrie” is uncommon French (frequency #66,156 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,156
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Royaume franc qui couvrait le nord-ouest de la France actuelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neustrie · Neustrie · French
Neustrie · rank #66,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,156
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH neuvaine
Nearest frequency peer: neuvaine (+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 « Neustrie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nau
nau
33,849 corpus weight
- navigations
navigations
33,848 corpus weight
- nervure
nervure
33,847 corpus weight
- Neustrie
Neustrie
33,845 corpus weight
- neuvaine
neuvaine
33,844 corpus weight
- niska
niska
33,842 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Neustrie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Neustrie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \nø.stʁi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Neustrie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Neustrie is uncommon French at frequency #66,156 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \nø.stʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Royaume franc qui couvrait le nord-ouest de la France actuelle.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Neustrie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Neustrie, spelled N-E-U-S-T-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Royaume franc qui couvrait le nord-ouest de la France actuelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Neustrie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]; Sighebert revint victorieux de sa campagne d’outre-Rhin, reprit ses villes une à une, et, poursuivant son frère jusque sous les murs de Soissons, le défit dans une bataille, et entra de force dans la capitale de la Neustrie.
En Bourgogne, la situation des juifs n'étaient, d'ailleurs, guère plus enviable qu'en Neustrie (Ile de France, Normandie).
This word in other languages
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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