Nikkei
\ni.kɛj\
The verdict
“Nikkei” is uncommon French (frequency #81,387 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,387
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indice boursier de la Bourse de Tokyo, composé de 225 valeurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nikkei · Nikkei · French
Nikkei · rank #81,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,387
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Nikko
Nearest frequency peer: Nikko (+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 « Nikkei »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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neigeuse
18,618 corpus weight
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neurodégénératives
18,617 corpus weight
- neuropathie
neuropathie
18,616 corpus weight
- Nikkei
Nikkei
18,614 corpus weight
- Nikko
Nikko
18,613 corpus weight
- notarial
notarial
18,610 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nikkei » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nikkei |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ni.kɛj\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nikkei » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nikkei is uncommon French at frequency #81,387 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.kɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indice boursier de la Bourse de Tokyo, composé de 225 valeurs.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Nikkei in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Nikkei, spelled N-I-K-K-E-I.
Definition
- 1Indice boursier de la Bourse de Tokyo, composé de 225 valeurs.
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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