nom de naissance
\nɔ̃ də nɛ.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“nom de naissance” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné à un enfant à sa naissance selon les normes juridiques ou culturelles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nom de naissance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃ də nɛ.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nom de naissance” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for nom de naissance is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔ̃ də nɛ.sɑ̃s\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nom donné à un enfant à sa naissance selon les normes juridiques ou culturelles.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nom de naissance, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nom de naissance, spelled N-O-M- -D-E- -N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à un enfant à sa naissance selon les normes juridiques ou culturelles.
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-O-M- -D-E- -N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.