nigelle cultivée
\ni.ʒɛl kyl.ti.ve\
The verdict
“nigelle cultivée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Non usuel de Nigella sativa, plante annuelle méditerranéenne de la famille des Ranunculaceae, au feuillage très découpé, cultivée depuis l’Antiquité pour ses graines utilisées comme épice (cumin no...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nigelle cultivée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ni.ʒɛl kyl.ti.ve\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nigelle cultivée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nigelle cultivée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.ʒɛl kyl.ti.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non usuel de Nigella sativa, plante annuelle méditerranéenne de la famille des Ranunculaceae, au feuillage très découpé, cultivée depuis l’Antiquité pour ses graines utilisées comme épice (cumin no...".
No misspelling variants are generated for nigelle cultivée in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nigelle cultivée, spelled N-I-G-E-L-L-E- -C-U-L-T-I-V-É-E.
Definition
- 1Non usuel de Nigella sativa, plante annuelle méditerranéenne de la famille des Ranunculaceae, au feuillage très découpé, cultivée depuis l’Antiquité pour ses graines utilisées comme épice (cumin noir) et en pharmacopée.
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Using “nigelle cultivée”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-I-G-E-L-L-E- -C-U-L-T-I-V-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ni.ʒɛl kyl.ti.ve\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.