Nikolaus
\ˈniːkolaʊ̯s\
The verdict
“Nikolaus” is uncommon French (frequency #91,977 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,977
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Saint-Nicolas, fête traditionnelle dans plusieurs pays européens du Nord et de l'Est. au singulier uniquement
Corpus desk
Index FR-nikolaus · Nikolaus · French
Nikolaus · rank #91,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,977
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nichées
Nearest frequency peer: nichées (-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 « Nikolaus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- neurale
neurale
8,026 corpus weight
- nichées
nichées
8,025 corpus weight
- Nikolaus
Nikolaus
8,024 corpus weight
- nippones
nippones
8,023 corpus weight
- NKVD
NKVD
8,021 corpus weight
- nobili
nobili
8,020 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nikolaus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nikolaus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈniːkolaʊ̯s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nikolaus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nikolaus is uncommon French at frequency #91,977 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈniːkolaʊ̯s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Nikolaus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Nikolaus, spelled N-I-K-O-L-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1Saint-Nicolas, fête traditionnelle dans plusieurs pays européens du Nord et de l'Est. au singulier uniquement
- 2Saint-Nicolas, personnage incarne celui qui récompense les bons comportements des enfants en les gratifiant de cadeaux ou de friandises.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nikolaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Putz deine Schuhe, morgen kommt der Nikolaus!
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Antonyms
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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