niche

\niʃ\

/\niʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“niche” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,089
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfoncement pratiqué dans l’épaisseur d’un mur pour y placer une statue un buste, un vase, un poêle, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-niche · niche · French

niche · rank #11,089 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,089
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH musicaux

Nearest frequency peer: musicaux (-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 « niche »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « niche » 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).

niche vs nie
60% similar
niche vs nick
60% similar
niche vs Nike
40% similar

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

Key facts for niche
PropertyValue
Headwordniche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\niʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,089
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « niche »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).nichese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « musicaux » (#11,088), « NPD » (#11,090), « moïse » (#11,087). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « niche » est au #11,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around niche (IPA \niʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,089 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for niche, with forms such as "inche", "ncihe", and "nicche". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "nie", "nick", "Nike", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is niche, spelled N-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfoncement pratiqué dans l’épaisseur d’un mur pour y placer une statue un buste, un vase, un poêle, etc.
  2. 2
    Box, compartiment ménagé dans le dortoir d’un établissement scolaire pour loger un élève interne.
  3. 3
    Petite cabane en bois, garnie de paille, où couche un chien de garde.
  4. 4
    Segment de marché profitable, ciblant une clientèle particulière ou concernant certains produits ; secteur préservé, souvent protégé ou réservé.
  5. 5
    Position occupée par un organisme, une population ou plus généralement une espèce dans un écosystème (→ voir niche écologique).
  6. 6
    Période de temps durant laquelle les groupes parlementaires minoritaires ou d’opposition fixent l’ordre du jour de la chambre, à la place du gouvernement ou du groupe majoritaire.
  7. 7
    Niche cellulaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au-dessus de la niche de la Vierge on remarque trois autres trous carrés profonds, destinés à recevoir des pièces de bois formant une forte saillie.
  2. Les murs du couloir d’entrée étaient creusés de niches, où se trouvaient naguère des tables.

This word in other languages

niche(English)hornacina(Español)Nische(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inche
  • ncihe
  • nicche
  • niceh
  • nichhe
  • nihce
  • nniche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of niche - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inche2ncihe2nicche1niceh2nichhe1nihce2nniche1
Edit distance from "niche"

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 "niche"?
"niche" is spelled N-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \niʃ\.
What does "niche" mean?
As a noun, "niche" means: Enfoncement pratiqué dans l’épaisseur d’un mur pour y placer une statue un buste, un vase, un poêle, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "niche"?
"niche" is commonly confused with "nie", "nick", "Nike". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "niche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "niche" is \niʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "niche" come from?
"niche" 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 "niche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

moïse#11,087Linda#11,080Indes#11,073idole#11,070

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

promu7 variantsfouille7 variantsfondu7 variantsferez7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list