nocuité

\nɔ.kɥi.te\

/\nɔ.kɥi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“nocuité” 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) - Qualité de ce qui est nuisible ou nocif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nocuite · nocuité · French

nocuité · 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 nocuité
PropertyValue
Headwordnocuité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nɔ.kɥi.te\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “nocuité” se place dans la fréquence du français

nocuitésiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

nocuité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ.kɥi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualité de ce qui est nuisible ou nocif.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nocuité, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nocuité, spelled N-O-C-U-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de ce qui est nuisible ou nocif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La contrefaçon puise sa nocuité et sa criminalité bien plutôt dans l’emploi qui en est fait, que dans la reproduction matérielle du signe, du symbole ou de l’emblème constituant la marque.
  2. La plus simple démonstration arithmétique suffit pour établir irréfragablement, non seulement l’inanité de l’aérostat contre la pression du vent, mais dès lors au point de vue de la navigation aérienne, sa nocuité.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "nocuité"?
"nocuité" is spelled N-O-C-U-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.kɥi.te\.
What does "nocuité" mean?
As a noun, "nocuité" means: Qualité de ce qui est nuisible ou nocif.
How do you pronounce "nocuité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nocuité" is \nɔ.kɥi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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