Nikko

\ni.ko\

/\ni.ko\/ name

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The verdict

“Nikko” is uncommon French (frequency #81,388 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,388
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville du Japon, à environ 100 km de Tokyo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nikko · Nikko · French

Nikko · rank #81,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,388
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nikkei

Nearest frequency peer: Nikkei (-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 « Nikko »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nikko » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nikko
PropertyValue
HeadwordNikko
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ni.ko\
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,388
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Nikko » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Nikkotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Nikkei » (#81,387), « neuropathie » (#81,385), « notarial » (#81,391). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « Nikko » est au #81,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nikko is uncommon French at frequency #81,388 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ni.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville du Japon, à environ 100 km de Tokyo.".

Nikko has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Nikko, spelled N-I-K-K-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville du Japon, à environ 100 km de Tokyo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Nikko appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nous sommes allés à Nikko, ville des temples. … Nikko est situé dans les montagnes à 70 milles de Tokio. … Il fait beau mais sec, et plus nous gravissons vers Nikko, plus le froid devient vif.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nikko"?
"Nikko" is spelled N-I-K-K-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ni.ko\.
What does "Nikko" mean?
As a proper noun, "Nikko" means: Ville du Japon, à environ 100 km de Tokyo.
How do you pronounce "Nikko"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nikko" is \ni.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nikko" come from?
"Nikko" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nikko", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Orbit#81,409murex#81,363moman#81,350modou#81,347

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list