nigaud
\ni.ɡo\
The verdict
“nigaud” is uncommon French (frequency #65,353 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,353
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est sot et niais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nigaud · nigaud · French
nigaud · rank #65,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,353
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH NFS
Nearest frequency peer: NFS (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nigaud”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nehru
Nehru
34,651 corpus weight
- neutralisant
neutralisant
34,650 corpus weight
- NFS
NFS
34,649 corpus weight
- nigaud
nigaud
34,648 corpus weight
- nitrite
nitrite
34,646 corpus weight
- nix
nix
34,645 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nigaud” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nigaud |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ni.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “nigaud” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
nigaud is uncommon French at frequency #65,353 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ni.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est sot et niais.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nigaud, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nigaud, spelled N-I-G-A-U-D.
Definition
- 1Qui est sot et niais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nigaud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que cet homme est nigaud !
Qu’elle est nigaude !
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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