nicher
\ni.ʃe\
The verdict
“nicher” is uncommon French (frequency #64,643 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,643
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire son nid.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nicher · nicher · French
nicher · rank #64,643 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,643
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH neuchâtelois
Nearest frequency peer: neuchâtelois (-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 « nicher »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Nakache
Nakache
35,363 corpus weight
- neuchâtelois
neuchâtelois
35,359 corpus weight
- nicher
nicher
35,358 corpus weight
- nickelés
nickelés
35,357 corpus weight
- nigga
nigga
35,355 corpus weight
- niquent
niquent
35,354 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nicher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ni.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nicher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nicher is uncommon French at frequency #64,643 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ni.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nicher, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nicher, spelled N-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire son nid.
- 2Placer en quelque endroit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nicher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces îlots, constitués de basalte, servent de repaires à des myriades d’eiders qui nichent dans les rochers.
Le poète de Beaume est un solitaire, qui n’a ni maison, ni famille, comme ces oiseaux qui nichent dans le nid des autres de peur d’oublier leurs chansons à amasser des brindilles.
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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