nicolo
\ni.kɔ.lo\
The verdict
“nicolo” is uncommon French (frequency #63,199 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,199
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument à vent de la catégorie des hautbois, très prisé aux XVIIᵉ et XVIIIᵉ siècles. C’est la haute-contre du hautbois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nicolo · nicolo · French
nicolo · rank #63,199 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,199
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Nieuport
Nearest frequency peer: Nieuport (+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 « nicolo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nang
nang
36,806 corpus weight
- narrer
narrer
36,805 corpus weight
- nicolo
nicolo
36,802 corpus weight
- Nieuport
Nieuport
36,801 corpus weight
- nudes
nudes
36,800 corpus weight
- néolithiques
néolithiques
36,798 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nicolo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicolo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ni.kɔ.lo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,199 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nicolo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nicolo is uncommon French at frequency #63,199 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.kɔ.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for nicolo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nicolo, spelled N-I-C-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1Instrument à vent de la catégorie des hautbois, très prisé aux XVIIᵉ et XVIIIᵉ siècles. C’est la haute-contre du hautbois.
- 2Variété d'agate avec une alternance de bandes de couleur bleu-clair et bleu-foncé presque noire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nicolo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une intaille ovale … en nicolo ou agate noire et bleue représentant un guerrier de profil à droite , casqué , tenant de sa main droite la lance et le bouclier sur lequel il s'appuie et de la gauche une Victoire ailé.
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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