nirvana

\niʁ.va.na\

/\niʁ.va.na\/ noun

The verdict

“nirvana” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,294
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extinction du désir humain, état de béatitude extrême, de libération du samsara.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nirvana · nirvana · French

nirvana · rank #23,294 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,294
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH natural

Nearest frequency peer: natural (-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 « nirvana »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nirvana » 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
Key facts for nirvana
PropertyValue
Headwordnirvana
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\niʁ.va.na\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,294
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nirvana »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nirvanase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « natural » (#23,293), « nonobstant » (#23,295), « Natacha » (#23,292). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nirvana » est au #23,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around nirvana (IPA \niʁ.va.na\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,294 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nirvana, with forms such as "inrvana", "niravna", and "nirrvana". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is nirvana, spelled N-I-R-V-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extinction du désir humain, état de béatitude extrême, de libération du samsara.
  2. 2
    Paradis.
  3. 3
    Le sommet recherché, l’oméga.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aux farouches capitaines de Gengis-Khan succédèrent presque subitement de contemplatifs lamas, et l’ambition des conquêtes fut remplacée par celle d’atteindre à la perfection par l’anéantissement extatique (nirvana), et d’arriver au rivage opposé, c’est-à-dire, de rentrer dans le sein de l’ame universelle.
  2. Lorsque je serai au Nirvana, ici même sera fondée une ville royale ; à la fin de sa vie, ce vieillard montera au séjour des dieux pour renaître fils du roi d’Entapatta.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inrvana
  • niravna
  • nirrvana
  • nirvaan
  • nirvanna
  • nirvnaa
  • nirvvana
  • nivrana
  • nnirvana
  • nrivana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nirvana - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

inrvana2niravna2nirrvana1nirvaan2nirvanna1nirvnaa2nirvvana1nivrana2
Edit distance from "nirvana"

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 "nirvana"?
"nirvana" is spelled N-I-R-V-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \niʁ.va.na\.
What does "nirvana" mean?
As a noun, "nirvana" means: Extinction du désir humain, état de béatitude extrême, de libération du samsara.
What are common misspellings of "nirvana"?
Common misspellings include "inrvana", "niravna", "nirrvana", "nirvaan", "nirvanna". The correct spelling is "nirvana".
How do you pronounce "nirvana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nirvana" is \niʁ.va.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nirvana" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list