neuvième art
\nœ.vjɛ.m‿aʁ\
The verdict
“neuvième art” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La bande dessinée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neuvieme-art · neuvième art · French
neuvième art · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neuvième art |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nœ.vjɛ.m‿aʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « neuvième art » en français
Rare enough to double-check
neuvième art is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nœ.vjɛ.m‿aʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La bande dessinée.".
neuvième art doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is neuvième art, spelled N-E-U-V-I-È-M-E- -A-R-T.
Definition
- 1La bande dessinée.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.