nièces

\njɛs\

/\njɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“nièces” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,174
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de nièce.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nieces · nièces · French

nièces · rank #35,174 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,174
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nero

Nearest frequency peer: nero (-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 « nièces »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « nièces » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nièces vs Nîmes
33% similar
nièces vs noces
67% similar
nièces vs niels
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nièces
PropertyValue
Headwordnièces
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\njɛs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,174
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nièces »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.niècesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nero » (#35,173), « noob » (#35,175), « navrant » (#35,172). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nièces » est au #35,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around nièces (IPA \njɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,174 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de nièce.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for nièces, with forms such as "inèces", "nicèes", and "nieces". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Nîmes", "noces", "niels", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nièces, spelled N-I-È-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de nièce.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how nièces appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sylvie, elle, a même un rituel : offrir à chaque entrée en sixième de ses neveux, nièces, filleuls et enfants un exemplaire de Pieds nus sur la terre sacrée, de Teresa Carolyn McLuhan.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inèces
  • nicèes
  • nieces
  • niècces
  • niècess
  • niècse
  • nièecs
  • nnièces
  • nèices

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nièces - 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.

inèces2nicèes2nieces1niècces1niècess1niècse2nièecs2nnièces1
Edit distance from "nièces"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nièces"?
"nièces" is spelled N-I-È-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \njɛs\.
What does "nièces" mean?
As a noun, "nièces" means: Pluriel de nièce.
What words are commonly confused with "nièces"?
"nièces" is commonly confused with "Nîmes", "noces", "niels". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nièces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nièces" is \njɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nièces" come from?
"nièces" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nièces", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list