Nicolle
The verdict
“Nicolle” is uncommon French (frequency #50,385 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,385
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nicolle · Nicolle · French
Nicolle · rank #50,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,385
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH niaiser
Nearest frequency peer: niaiser (-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 « Nicolle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nauséabond
nauséabond
49,619 corpus weight
- nem
nem
49,618 corpus weight
- niaiser
niaiser
49,617 corpus weight
- Nicolle
Nicolle
49,616 corpus weight
- nihiliste
nihiliste
49,615 corpus weight
- normalisée
normalisée
49,614 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nicolle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nicolle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nicolle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nicolle is uncommon French at frequency #50,385 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Nicolle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Nicolle, spelled N-I-C-O-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nicolle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout d’abord, en trophée Courtois, Lamicott 1 composée de Romain Picard et Franck Nicolle décroche la quatrième place après un très beau parcours dans le tableau principal.
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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