nigger
\ˈnɪɡ.ɚ\
The verdict
“nigger” is uncommon French (frequency #96,178 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,178
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Noir, surtout Afro-Américain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nigger · nigger · French
nigger · rank #96,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,178
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH niece
Nearest frequency peer: niece (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « nigger »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nichés
nichés
3,826 corpus weight
- niece
niece
3,824 corpus weight
- nigger
nigger
3,823 corpus weight
- Niobé
Niobé
3,821 corpus weight
- nite
nite
3,820 corpus weight
- Niue
Niue
3,819 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nigger » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nigger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈnɪɡ.ɚ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nigger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nigger is uncommon French at frequency #96,178 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈnɪɡ.ɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Noir, surtout Afro-Américain.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nigger, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nigger, spelled N-I-G-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Noir, surtout Afro-Américain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nigger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger; but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither.
You are not even niggers, you are Africans.
Synonyms
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).