ninette
\ni.nɛt\
The verdict
“ninette” is uncommon French (frequency #95,110 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,110
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune femme dont on est épris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ninette · ninette · French
ninette · rank #95,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,110
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nigériennes
Nearest frequency peer: nigériennes (-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 « ninette »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- niark
niark
4,894 corpus weight
- nigériennes
nigériennes
4,892 corpus weight
- ninette
ninette
4,891 corpus weight
- niquet
niquet
4,890 corpus weight
- noblesses
noblesses
4,889 corpus weight
- noisetiers
noisetiers
4,888 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ninette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ninette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ni.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ninette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ninette is uncommon French at frequency #95,110 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeune femme dont on est épris.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ninette in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ninette, spelled N-I-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Jeune femme dont on est épris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ninette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Ah ! nous ne sommes pas fâchés, n’est-ce pas, ma ninette ?
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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