neutre

/\nøtʁ\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,371

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

neutre is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui ne prend pas parti, qui ne doit pas prendre parti dans un conflit, dans un débat, etc. Pronounced \nøtʁ\. It ranks #5,371 in French word frequency. Often confused with notre and neuve.

Key facts for neutre
PropertyValue
Headwordneutre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\nøtʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,371
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of neutre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for neutre is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nøtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,371 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for neutre, with forms such as "enutre", "neture", and "neurte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "notre", "neuve", "nuire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is neutre, spelled N-E-U-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne prend pas parti, qui ne doit pas prendre parti dans un conflit, dans un débat, etc.
  2. 2
    Qui ne prend pas parti, qui ne doit pas prendre parti dans un conflit, dans un débat, etc.
  3. 3
    Qui ne prend pas parti, qui ne doit pas prendre parti dans un conflit, dans un débat, etc.
  4. 4
    Qui ne prend pas parti, qui ne doit pas prendre parti dans un conflit, dans un débat, etc.
  5. 5
    Se dit d’un mot qui s’oppose à certains genres dans certaines langues.
  6. 6
    Se dit d’un mot qui s’oppose à certains genres dans certaines langues.
  7. 7
    Se dit d’un mot qui s’oppose à certains genres dans certaines langues.
  8. 8
    Intransitif en parlant des verbes.
  9. 9
    Impersonnel en parlant des pronoms.
  10. 10
    Ni acide ni alcalin en parlant du pH.
  11. 11
    Asexué.
  12. 12
    Inopérant, qui laisse les autres éléments inchangés lorsqu'il est combiné avec eux par une loi de composition interne.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enutre,neture,neurte,neuter,neutrre,neuttre,nneutre,nuetre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for neutre

Misspelling Variants of "neutre"

enutre6neture6neurte6neuter6neutrre7neuttre7nneutre7nuetre6
Misspelling Variants of "neutre"

Frequency rank: #5,371 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "neutre"?
"neutre" is spelled N-E-U-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nøtʁ\.
What does "neutre" mean?
As an adj, "neutre" means: Qui ne prend pas parti, qui ne doit pas prendre parti dans un conflit, dans un débat, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "neutre"?
"neutre" is commonly confused with "notre", "neuve", "nuire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "neutre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "neutre" is \nøtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "neutre" come from?
"neutre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.