Nièvre

\njɛvʁ\

/\njɛvʁ\/ name

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Nièvre » 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).

Nièvre vs nier
33% similar

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

Key facts for Nièvre
PropertyValue
HeadwordNièvre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\njɛvʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,891
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Nièvre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Nièvrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nikon » (#27,890), « Noailles » (#27,892), « navigo » (#27,889). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « Nièvre » est au #27,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Département de la région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Il porte le numéro 58.
  2. 2
    Rivière de France, affluent de la Loire dans le département du même nom.
  3. 3
    Rivière de France, affluent de la Somme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

inèvre2nievre1nivère2nièrve2nièver2nièvrre1nièvvre1nnièvre1
Edit distance from "Nièvre"

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 "Nièvre"?
"Nièvre" is spelled N-I-È-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \njɛvʁ\.
What does "Nièvre" mean?
As a proper noun, "Nièvre" means: Département de la région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Il porte le numéro 58.
What words are commonly confused with "Nièvre"?
"Nièvre" is commonly confused with "nier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Nièvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nièvre" is \njɛvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nièvre" come from?
"Nièvre" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list