nicotiane
\ni.kɔ.sjan\
The verdict
“nicotiane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tabac.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nicotiane · nicotiane · French
nicotiane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicotiane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ni.kɔ.sjan\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nicotiane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nicotiane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.kɔ.sjan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tabac.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nicotiane, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nicotiane, spelled N-I-C-O-T-I-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Tabac.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nicotiane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La nicotiane eſt ennemie des poux & des puces, ſuivant J. Bauhin : on prétend que ſa fumée éloigne toute ſorte d’inſectes, même les punaiſes. On a obſervé que ſa poudre est mortelle aux léſards, ſang-ſues & limaçons.
Toutes les espèces du genre nicotiane ne sont pas employées dans le commerce; il en est, comme la Nicotiana glauca par exemple, qui sont cultivées pour orner les jardins, et nous ne devons pas nous en occuper ici. Les autres, dont les feuilles convenablement préparées constituent les différentes variétés de tabacs, sont loin d'avoir une égale importance;…
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