nom propre de lieu
\nɔ̃ pʁɔpʁ də ljø\
The verdict
“nom propre de lieu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot ou groupe de mots désignant un élément géographique déterminé, naturel ou rapporté, d’étendue quelconque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nom-propre-de-lieu · nom propre de lieu · French
nom propre de lieu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nom propre de lieu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃ pʁɔpʁ də ljø\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
nom propre de lieu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ̃ pʁɔpʁ də ljø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mot ou groupe de mots désignant un élément géographique déterminé, naturel ou rapporté, d’étendue quelconque.".
No misspelling variants are generated for nom propre de lieu in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is nom propre de lieu, spelled N-O-M- -P-R-O-P-R-E- -D-E- -L-I-E-U.
Definition
- 1Mot ou groupe de mots désignant un élément géographique déterminé, naturel ou rapporté, d’étendue quelconque.
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.