noire

\nwaʁ\

/\nwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“noire” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,532
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure de note (♩) dont la valeur est égale au quart d’une ronde. Elle vaut elle-même deux croches, ou quatre doubles-croches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-noire · noire · French

noire · rank #1,532 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,532
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH mur

Nearest frequency peer: mur (-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 « noire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « noire » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

noire vs nor
60% similar
noire vs nord
60% similar
noire vs Note
40% similar

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

Key facts for noire
PropertyValue
Headwordnoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nwaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,532
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « noire »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).noirese 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 « mur » (#1,531), « néanmoins » (#1,533), « moderne » (#1,530). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « noire » est au #1,532. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around noire (IPA \nwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,532 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for noire, with forms such as "niore", "nnoire", and "noier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nor", "nord", "Note", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is noire, spelled N-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Figure de note (♩) dont la valeur est égale au quart d’une ronde. Elle vaut elle-même deux croches, ou quatre doubles-croches.
  2. 2
    L’ensemble des cartes de pique et de carreau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En conséquence, on dit simplement une noire vaut deux croches ou quatre doubles-croches, ou huit triples-croches, ou seize quadruples-croches.
  2. Quand j’entends cette chanson là sur les ondes De ma FM j’téléphone à ma femme Pour lui offrir ce collier de secondes Deux noires une blanche, une blanche une ronde.

This word in other languages

quarter note(English)negra(Español)Viertelnote(Deutsch)semínima(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • niore
  • nnoire
  • noier
  • noirre
  • norie
  • onire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of noire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

niore2nnoire1noier2noirre1norie2onire2
Edit distance from "noire"

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 "noire"?
"noire" is spelled N-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nwaʁ\.
What does "noire" mean?
As a noun, "noire" means: Figure de note (♩) dont la valeur est égale au quart d’une ronde. Elle vaut elle-même deux croches, ou quatre doubles-croches.
What words are commonly confused with "noire"?
"noire" is commonly confused with "nor", "nord", "Note". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "noire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "noire" is \nwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "noire" come from?
"noire" 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 "noire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

masse#1,528maman#1,527actes#1,552verre#1,500

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Vert6 variantssent6 variantsbuts6 variantsgagne6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list