nivéole

\ni.ve.ɔl\

/\ni.ve.ɔl\/ noun

The verdict

“nivéole” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante herbacée à bulbes et toxique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-niveole · nivéole · French

nivéole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for nivéole
PropertyValue
Headwordnivéole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ni.ve.ɔl\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nivéole » en français

nivéolen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nivéole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.ve.ɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante herbacée à bulbes et toxique.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nivéole, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 nivéole, spelled N-I-V-É-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante herbacée à bulbes et toxique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La lisière de ce bois, vers l’Est, est couverte, de la fin de février à la fin de mars, de petites fleurs blanches qui forment un vaste tapis de près de deux kilomètres. Ce sont, des nivéoles, que les gens du pays appellent des glaudinettes.
  2. Quels parterres auront pu ainsi être établis artificiellement dans les bois d’agrément avec les pervenches, les primevères, les scilles, les cyclamens, les sceaux de Salomon, les galanthes, les nivéoles, le saxifrage ombreux, etc… ^([sic : etc.]) […]

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nivéole"?
"nivéole" is spelled N-I-V-É-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ni.ve.ɔl\.
What does "nivéole" mean?
As a noun, "nivéole" means: Plante herbacée à bulbes et toxique.
How do you pronounce "nivéole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nivéole" is \ni.ve.ɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nivéole" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list