nightmare
\ˈnaɪt.mɛɹ\
The verdict
“nightmare” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,887
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cauchemar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nightmare |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈnaɪt.mɛɹ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nightmare” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around nightmare (IPA \ˈnaɪt.mɛɹ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,887 among 86,328 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cauchemar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for nightmare, with forms such as "inghtmare", "ngihtmare", and "nigghtmare". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nightmare, spelled N-I-G-H-T-M-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Cauchemar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inghtmare
- ngihtmare
- nigghtmare
- nighhtmare
- nighmtare
- nightamre
- nightmaer
- nightmarre
- nightmmare
- nightmrae
- nighttmare
- nigthmare
- nihgtmare
- nnightmare
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nightmare - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “nightmare”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-I-G-H-T-M-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈnaɪt.mɛɹ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.