newton

\nju.tɔn\

/\nju.tɔn\/ noun

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The verdict

“newton” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,848
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de force du Système international, dont le symbole est N. Le newton est la force qui accélère de 1 mètre par seconde par seconde une masse de 1 kilogramme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-newton · newton · French

newton · rank #13,848 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,848
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Neuilly

Nearest frequency peer: Neuilly (-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 « newton »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « newton » 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).

newton vs Norton
50% similar
newton vs néon
50% similar
newton vs Néron
33% similar

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

Key facts for newton
PropertyValue
Headwordnewton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nju.tɔn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,848
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « newton »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).newtonse 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 « Neuilly » (#13,847), « NFL » (#13,849), « nazisme » (#13,846). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « newton » est au #13,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around newton (IPA \nju.tɔn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,848 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unité de mesure de force du Système international, dont le symbole est N. Le newton est la force qui accélère de 1 mètre par seconde par seconde une masse de 1 kilogramme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for newton, with forms such as "enwton", "netwon", and "newotn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Norton", "néon", "Néron", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is newton, spelled N-E-W-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure de force du Système international, dont le symbole est N. Le newton est la force qui accélère de 1 mètre par seconde par seconde une masse de 1 kilogramme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un kilogramme-force vaut 9,806 65 newtons.
  2. Le pascal est une unité de pression égale à 1 newton par m² (le newton est la force qui, appliquée à une masse d'un kg, augmente sa vitesse, en une seconde, d’un mètre par seconde).

This word in other languages

newton(English)newton(Español)Newton(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enwton
  • netwon
  • newotn
  • newtno
  • newtonn
  • newtton
  • newwton
  • nnewton
  • nweton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

enwton2netwon2newotn2newtno2newtonn1newtton1newwton1nnewton1
Edit distance from "newton"

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 "newton"?
"newton" is spelled N-E-W-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \nju.tɔn\.
What does "newton" mean?
As a noun, "newton" means: Unité de mesure de force du Système international, dont le symbole est N. Le newton est la force qui accélère de 1 mètre par seconde par seconde une masse de 1 kilogramme.
What words are commonly confused with "newton"?
"newton" is commonly confused with "Norton", "néon", "Néron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "newton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "newton" is \nju.tɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "newton" come from?
"newton" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list