nid
\ni\
The verdict
“nid” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,871 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,871
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abri en forme de petite corbeille que les oiseaux construisent pour y déposer leurs œufs et y élever leurs petits.
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 | nid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ni\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #7,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nid” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for nid is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ni\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,871 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nid, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "nu", "ny", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nid, spelled N-I-D.
Definition
- 1Abri en forme de petite corbeille que les oiseaux construisent pour y déposer leurs œufs et y élever leurs petits.
- 2Nidification, période où les oiseaux couvent et élèvent leur progéniture.
- 3Logement que se construisent certains animaux ; endroit où ils se retirent.
- 4Endroit caché, cachette, retraite.
- 5Endroit confortable.
- 6(Par analogie avec le guêpier ou nid de guêpes qui rassemble un petit nombre d’éléments hostiles) Petit groupe, caché ou non, de personnes ou de choses dangereuses.
- 7Sphère accrochée à un filer et destinée à servir de logement.
This word in other languages
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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Using “nid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ni\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “no” - see the side-by-side comparison. nid vs no
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.