Nîmois
\ni.mwa\
The verdict
“Nîmois” is uncommon French (frequency #56,789 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,789
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitant de Nîmes, commune française située dans le département du Gard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nimois · Nîmois · French
Nîmois · rank #56,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,789
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Nubie
Nearest frequency peer: Nubie (-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 « Nîmois »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- NRF
NRF
43,215 corpus weight
- NTIC
NTIC
43,214 corpus weight
- Nubie
Nubie
43,213 corpus weight
- Nîmois
Nîmois
43,212 corpus weight
- oblivion
oblivion
43,211 corpus weight
- obstinent
obstinent
43,210 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nîmois » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nîmois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ni.mwa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nîmois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nîmois is uncommon French at frequency #56,789 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.mwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Habitant de Nîmes, commune française située dans le département du Gard.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Nîmois in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Nîmois, spelled N-Î-M-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Habitant de Nîmes, commune française située dans le département du Gard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nîmois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout compte fait, quand je vois que nos Nîmois, pleins d'esprit et fiers à juste titre des ruines majestueuses qui ennoblissent leur ville, se donnent des gants d'être presque des Romains, je ne puis m'empêcher de sourire à mon tour.
Le Nîmois Raphaël Raucoule dit « El Rafi » s’impose lors de la corrida d’ouverture de la feria dacquoise en coupant les deux oreilles de son second toro.
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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