nitrites

\ni.tʁit\

/\ni.tʁit\/ noun

The verdict

“nitrites” is uncommon French (frequency #63,957 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,957
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-nitrites · nitrites · French

nitrites · rank #63,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,957
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nir

Nearest frequency peer: nir (-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 « nitrites »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nitrites » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nitrites
PropertyValue
Headwordnitrites
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ni.tʁit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,957
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nitrites » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).nitritestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « nir » (#63,956), « Numerama » (#63,959), « nuovo » (#63,960). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nitrites » est au #63,957. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nitrites is uncommon French at frequency #63,957 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.tʁit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de nitrite.".

nitrites doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is nitrites, spelled N-I-T-R-I-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de nitrite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sur les images, on voit l’auteur en train d’acheter un flacon de poppers, cette substance contenant des nitrites d’alkyle qui est inhalée pour son effet euphorisant, pour moins de 5 € dans un Carrefour City de Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme).

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 "nitrites"?
"nitrites" is spelled N-I-T-R-I-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ni.tʁit\.
What does "nitrites" mean?
As a noun, "nitrites" means: Pluriel de nitrite.
How do you pronounce "nitrites"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nitrites" is \ni.tʁit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nitrites" come from?
"nitrites" 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 "nitrites", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list