nichon

\ni.ʃɔ̃\

/\ni.ʃɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“nichon” is uncommon French (frequency #76,828 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,828
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sein d’une femme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nichon · nichon · French

nichon · rank #76,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,828
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH neva

Nearest frequency peer: neva (-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 « nichon »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nichon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nichon
PropertyValue
Headwordnichon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ni.ʃɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,828
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nichon » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nichontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « neva » (#76,827), « nikel » (#76,829), « nettoyages » (#76,826). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nichon » est au #76,828. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nichon is uncommon French at frequency #76,828 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sein d’une femme.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nichon, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nichon, spelled N-I-C-H-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sein d’une femme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une prothèse avec du gel industriel, ça sera toujours mieux que ce qu’il y a normalement dans le nichon.
  2. Mais elle reste nature. Ses nichons débordent. Ses fesses sont comme la houle. On ne voit qu’elle. On n’entend qu’Elle. Nine.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nichon"?
"nichon" is spelled N-I-C-H-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ni.ʃɔ̃\.
What does "nichon" mean?
As a noun, "nichon" means: Sein d’une femme.
How do you pronounce "nichon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nichon" is \ni.ʃɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nichon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nichon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list