noires

Name: noires, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\nwaʁ\

/\nwaʁ\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“noires” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,167
frequency rank, French: 1,563
“N” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de noir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-noires · noires · French

noires · rank #4,167 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,167
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 1,563
PHOTO-FINISH napoléon

Nearest frequency peer: napoléon (-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.

mené

95,837
métropole

95,836
napoléon

95,835
noires

95,834
observation

95,833
ondes

95,832

What this shows « noires » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

noires vs notre

67% similar

noires vs notes

67% similar

noires vs noirs

83% similar

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

Key facts for noires
Property	Value
Headword	noires
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\nwaʁ\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#4,167
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « noires »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).noiresse place ici:

#4,167

#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 « napoléon » (#4,166), « observation » (#4,168), « métropole » (#4,165). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « noires » est au #4,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around noires (IPA \nwaʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,167 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de noir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for noires, with forms such as "niores", "nnoires", and "noiers". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "notre", "notes", "noirs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is noires, spelled N-O-I-R-E-S.

Definition

1
Féminin pluriel de noir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Sur la terre il neige : tout blancs sont les chemins, toutes blanches les noires silhouettes des arbres désenfeuillés.
A Flaine, sept immenses arbres (9,20 m), sortis d’une maquette de « L’Hourloupe » — tous blancs avec leurs nombreuses stries noires, liés les uns aux autres (une danse) — s’amusent à concurrencer les sapins du fond, froids et rigides : ils nous disent ce que Dubuffet a tenté et réussi, abêtir ("balourdiser") le réel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

niores
nnoires
noiers
noiress
noirres
noirse
nories
onires

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of noires - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "noires"

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 "noires"?

"noires" is spelled N-O-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \nwaʁ\.

What does "noires" mean?

As an adjective, "noires" means: Féminin pluriel de noir.

What words are commonly confused with "noires"?

"noires" is commonly confused with "notre", "notes", "noirs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "noires"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "noires" is \nwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "noires" come from?

"noires" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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