nine
\ˈnai̯na\
The verdict
“nine” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #28,265) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #28,265
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour le chiffre 9.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nine · nine · French
nine · rank #28,265 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,265
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Nicholson
Nearest frequency peer: Nicholson (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « nine »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- nantis
nantis
71,739 corpus weight
- neurologiqu…
neurologiques
71,738 corpus weight
- Nicholson
Nicholson
71,737 corpus weight
- nine
nine
71,736 corpus weight
- nocifs
nocifs
71,735 corpus weight
- nommait
nommait
71,734 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « nine » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈnai̯na\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « nine »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nine is neighbouring look-alikes ("nn", "non", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ˈnai̯na\. Frequency #28,265 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Gloss: "(radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour le chiffre 9.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for nine, with forms such as "nien", "ninne", and "nnie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nn", "non", "nue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nine, spelled N-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1(radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour le chiffre 9.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nien
- ninne
- nnie
- nnine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).