nom patronymique
\nɔ̃ pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\
The verdict
“nom patronymique” 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 de famille officiel indiquant la filiation paternelle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nom patronymique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃ pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nom patronymique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for nom patronymique is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔ̃ pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\. 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 de famille officiel indiquant la filiation paternelle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for nom patronymique in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is nom patronymique, spelled N-O-M- -P-A-T-R-O-N-Y-M-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille officiel indiquant la filiation paternelle.
This word in other languages
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 one correct French spelling is N-O-M- -P-A-T-R-O-N-Y-M-I-Q-U-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.