niçoises
\ni.swaz\
The verdict
“niçoises” is uncommon French (frequency #73,383 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,383
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de niçois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nicoises · niçoises · French
niçoises · rank #73,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,383
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nigauds
Nearest frequency peer: nigauds (-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 « niçoises »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- neigeait
neigeait
26,621 corpus weight
- neurotoxique
neurotoxique
26,620 corpus weight
- nigauds
nigauds
26,619 corpus weight
- niçoises
niçoises
26,618 corpus weight
- nobilis
nobilis
26,617 corpus weight
- noircie
noircie
26,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « niçoises » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | niçoises |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ni.swaz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « niçoises » en français
Rare enough to double-check
niçoises is uncommon French at frequency #73,383 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ni.swaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de niçois.".
No misspelling variants are generated for niçoises in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is niçoises, spelled N-I-Ç-O-I-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de niçois.
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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