nocivité

\nɔ.si.vi.te\

/\nɔ.si.vi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“nocivité” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,913
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est nocif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nocivite · nocivité · French

nocivité · rank #46,913 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,913
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nolwenn

Nearest frequency peer: Nolwenn (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “nocivité”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “nocivité” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

nocivité vs nocive
63% similar
nocivité vs Nativité
63% similar

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

Key facts for nocivité
PropertyValue
Headwordnocivité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nɔ.si.vi.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,913
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nocivité” sits in French frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).nocivité lands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around nocivité (IPA \nɔ.si.vi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,913 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Caractère de ce qui est nocif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for nocivité, with forms such as "ncoivité", "nnocivité", and "noccivité". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "nocive", "Nativité", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nocivité, spelled N-O-C-I-V-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est nocif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour caractériser la nocivité de la secousse à la surface du sol, on disposait depuis 1902, de l’échelle macrosismique des intensités de Mercalli, issues d'échelles de plus en plus détaillées, successivement proposées et améliorées par Rossi puis Forel et quelques autres ; […].

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ncoivité
  • nnocivité
  • noccivité
  • nociivté
  • nocivite
  • nocivitté
  • nociviét
  • nocivtié
  • nocivvité
  • nocviité
  • noicvité
  • oncivité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nocivité - 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.

ncoivité2nnocivité1noccivité1nociivté2nocivite1nocivitté1nociviét2nocivtié2
Edit distance from "nocivité"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nocivité"?
"nocivité" is spelled N-O-C-I-V-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.si.vi.te\.
What does "nocivité" mean?
As a noun, "nocivité" means: Caractère de ce qui est nocif.
What words are commonly confused with "nocivité"?
"nocivité" is commonly confused with "nocive", "Nativité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nocivité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nocivité" is \nɔ.si.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nocivité" come from?
"nocivité" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • "nocivité" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "nocive". View pair
  • 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #46,913 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list