NHK
\ɛn.aʃ.ka\
The verdict
“NHK” is uncommon French (frequency #51,628 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,628
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compagnie de radio et de télévision du Japon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nhk · NHK · French
NHK · rank #51,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,628
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH neuneu
Nearest frequency peer: neuneu (-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 « NHK »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- navi
navi
48,376 corpus weight
- neck
neck
48,375 corpus weight
- neuneu
neuneu
48,374 corpus weight
- NHK
NHK
48,373 corpus weight
- Normandeau
Normandeau
48,372 corpus weight
- nur
nur
48,371 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « NHK » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | NHK |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛn.aʃ.ka\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « NHK » en français
Rare enough to double-check
NHK is uncommon French at frequency #51,628 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɛn.aʃ.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Compagnie de radio et de télévision du Japon.".
Zero misspellings are on record for NHK in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is NHK, spelled N-H-K.
Definition
- 1Compagnie de radio et de télévision du Japon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how NHK appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’après la NHK, il aurait confié aux enquêteurs qu’il était « frustré » vis-à-vis de Shinzo Abe et qu’il lui a tiré dessus avec l’intention de le tuer.
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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