Nibelungen
\ni.bə.lun.ɡən\
The verdict
“Nibelungen” is uncommon French (frequency #89,969 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,969
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancien poème héroïque écrit en vieux haut allemand, dont le sujet est la lutte des Burgondes contre Attila.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nibelungen · Nibelungen · French
Nibelungen · rank #89,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,969
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 86,328
- PHOTO-FINISH niasse
Nearest frequency peer: niasse (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Nibelungen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- neuromuscul…
neuromusculaire
10,035 corpus weight
- Newfoundland
Newfoundland
10,034 corpus weight
- niasse
niasse
10,033 corpus weight
- Nibelungen
Nibelungen
10,032 corpus weight
- Nicks
Nicks
10,031 corpus weight
- nihil
nihil
10,030 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Nibelungen” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nibelungen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ni.bə.lun.ɡən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nibelungen” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nibelungen is uncommon French at frequency #89,969 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ni.bə.lun.ɡən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Nibelungen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Nibelungen, spelled N-I-B-E-L-U-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Ancien poème héroïque écrit en vieux haut allemand, dont le sujet est la lutte des Burgondes contre Attila.
- 2Nains de la légende germanique qui possèdent de grandes richesses qu'ils tirent de leurs mines en dessous des montagnes, là où ils habitaient.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nibelungen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Chanson des Nibelungen (Nibelungenlied en allemand) est une épopée médiévale allemande, composée au XIIIᵉ siècle.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.