noiret

\nwa.ʁɛ\

/\nwa.ʁɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“noiret” is uncommon French (frequency #78,685 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,685
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie de billon noir qui avait cours en Normandie, sous le règne de Charles VI.

Corpus desk

Index FR-noiret · noiret · French

noiret · rank #78,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,685
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nodule

Nearest frequency peer: nodule (-2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « noiret »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « noiret » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for noiret
PropertyValue
Headwordnoiret
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nwa.ʁɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,685
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « noiret » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).noirettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « nodule » (#78,683), « niaises » (#78,681), « nursing » (#78,689). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « noiret » est au #78,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

noiret is uncommon French at frequency #78,685 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nwa.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for noiret in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is noiret, spelled N-O-I-R-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monnaie de billon noir qui avait cours en Normandie, sous le règne de Charles VI.
  2. 2
    Cendre légère et volante de couleur noire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tout ce monde entra dans la petite pièce enfumée, empestée de l’odeur du pétrole et du tabac, et où volaient d’énormes noirets.

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 "noiret"?
"noiret" is spelled N-O-I-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \nwa.ʁɛ\.
What does "noiret" mean?
As a noun, "noiret" means: Monnaie de billon noir qui avait cours en Normandie, sous le règne de Charles VI.
How do you pronounce "noiret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "noiret" is \nwa.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "noiret" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

nodule#78,683Pacôme#78,710passai#78,717modems#78,649

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list