Nicéphore
The verdict
“Nicéphore” is uncommon French (frequency #54,759 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,759
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nicephore · Nicéphore · French
Nicéphore · rank #54,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,759
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nichent
Nearest frequency peer: nichent (-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 « Nicéphore »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- neuronale
neuronale
45,246 corpus weight
- niait
niait
45,244 corpus weight
- nichent
nichent
45,243 corpus weight
- Nicéphore
Nicéphore
45,242 corpus weight
- nivôse
nivôse
45,241 corpus weight
- niée
niée
45,240 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nicéphore » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nicéphore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nicéphore » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nicéphore is uncommon French at frequency #54,759 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Nicéphore has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Nicéphore, spelled N-I-C-É-P-H-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nicéphore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nicéphore Niépce est un pionnier de la photographie.
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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