ninjas

\nin.ʒa\

/\nin.ʒa\/ noun

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The verdict

“ninjas” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,372. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,372
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ninja.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ninjas · ninjas · French

ninjas · rank #33,372 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,372
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nielsen

Nearest frequency peer: Nielsen (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ninjas »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ninjas » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ninjas vs ninja
83% similar
ninjas vs nanas
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ninjas
PropertyValue
Headwordninjas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nin.ʒa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,372
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ninjas »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ninjasse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Nielsen » (#33,371), « normandes » (#33,373), « nic » (#33,370). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « ninjas » est au #33,372. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ninjas (IPA \nin.ʒa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,372 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ninja.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ninjas, with forms such as "innjas", "nijnas", and "ninajs". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ninja", "nanas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 ninjas, spelled N-I-N-J-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ninja.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ninjas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pendant que le général répondait à son maître, il se demandait ce que faisaient ces ninjas et pourquoi ils n’arrivaient pas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innjas
  • nijnas
  • ninajs
  • ninjass
  • ninjjas
  • ninjsa
  • ninnjas
  • nnijas
  • nninjas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ninjas - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

innjas2nijnas2ninajs2ninjass1ninjjas1ninjsa2ninnjas1nnijas2
Edit distance from "ninjas"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ninjas"?
"ninjas" is spelled N-I-N-J-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \nin.ʒa\.
What does "ninjas" mean?
As a noun, "ninjas" means: Pluriel de ninja.
What words are commonly confused with "ninjas"?
"ninjas" is commonly confused with "ninja", "nanas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ninjas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ninjas" is \nin.ʒa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ninjas" come from?
"ninjas" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ninjas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list