Nikolay
The verdict
“Nikolay” is uncommon French (frequency #86,962 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,962
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nikolay · Nikolay · French
Nikolay · rank #86,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,962
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH niqués
Nearest frequency peer: niqués (+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 « Nikolay »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- navetteurs
navetteurs
13,044 corpus weight
- nescafé
nescafé
13,042 corpus weight
- Neyret
Neyret
13,041 corpus weight
- Nikolay
Nikolay
13,039 corpus weight
- niqués
niqués
13,038 corpus weight
- nourrissante
nourrissante
13,034 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nikolay » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nikolay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nikolay » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nikolay is uncommon French at frequency #86,962 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Nikolay doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Nikolay, spelled N-I-K-O-L-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nikolay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un concert unique en son genre, intitulé « Voix d’or slaves », où Olga Stolyarova, Valéry Orlov et Nikolay Sherstyakov emmènent leur public dans un voyage musical inoubliable.
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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