Nièvre
\njɛvʁ\
The verdict
“Nièvre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,891. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,891
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Département de la région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Il porte le numéro 58.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nievre · Nièvre · French
Nièvre · rank #27,891 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,891
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nikon
Nearest frequency peer: nikon (-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 « Nièvre »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- navarro
navarro
72,113 corpus weight
- navigo
navigo
72,112 corpus weight
- nikon
nikon
72,111 corpus weight
- Nièvre
Nièvre
72,110 corpus weight
- Noailles
Noailles
72,109 corpus weight
- numéraire
numéraire
72,108 corpus weight
What this shows « Nièvre » 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 | Nièvre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \njɛvʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nièvre »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Nièvre (IPA \njɛvʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,891 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nièvre, with forms such as "inèvre", "nievre", and "nivère". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "nier", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Nièvre, spelled N-I-È-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Département de la région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Il porte le numéro 58.
- 2Rivière de France, affluent de la Loire dans le département du même nom.
- 3Rivière de France, affluent de la Somme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nièvre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lise avait à me raconter son installation à Dreuzy, comment elle avait été prise en grande amitié par son oncle et sa tante, qui, des cinq enfants qu’ils avaient eus, n’en avaient plus un seul, malheur trop commun dans les familles de la Nièvre, où les femmes abandonnent leurs propres enfants pour être nourrices à Paris.
Maman, elle a pas la bouche qui se plie dans le sens de la rigolade. Ils sont tous comme ça, dans sa Nièvre. Hâves et sombres. C’est à cause de la vie qu’est tellement dure, par là-bas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inèvre
- nievre
- nivère
- nièrve
- nièver
- nièvrre
- nièvvre
- nnièvre
- nèivre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nièvre - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nièvre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).