Nicosie
\ni.kɔ.zi\
The verdict
“Nicosie” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,033. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,033
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de Chypre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nicosie · Nicosie · French
Nicosie · rank #43,033 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,033
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Neutron
Nearest frequency peer: Neutron (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nicosie »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Nadège
Nadège
56,971 corpus weight
- nageuse
nageuse
56,970 corpus weight
- Neutron
Neutron
56,969 corpus weight
- Nicosie
Nicosie
56,968 corpus weight
- noyers
noyers
56,967 corpus weight
- noyées
noyées
56,966 corpus weight
What this shows « Nicosie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nicosie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ni.kɔ.zi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nicosie »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Nicosie (IPA \ni.kɔ.zi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,033 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capitale de Chypre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nicosie, with forms such as "incosie", "nciosie", and "niccosie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nicotine", "Nicole", "Niçois", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Nicosie, spelled N-I-C-O-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Capitale de Chypre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nicosie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce coudrement de sumac, pratiqué à Nicosie, est remplacé par celui de noix de galle qui se pratique en France, dont nous parlerons, après la misse en rouge. A Nicosie, on n’emploie le coudrement de noix de galle avant la couleur, que pour les peaux que l’on veut mettre en jaune.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- incosie
- nciosie
- niccosie
- nicosei
- nicossie
- nicsoie
- niocsie
- nnicosie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nicosie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).