nombreuses

/\nɔ̃.bʁøz\/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#806

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

nombreuses is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de nombreux. Pronounced \nɔ̃.bʁøz\. It ranks #806 in French word frequency. Often confused with nombreuse.

Key facts for nombreuses
PropertyValue
Headwordnombreuses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\nɔ̃.bʁøz\
Letters10
Frequency rank#806
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nombreuses in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for nombreuses is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔ̃.bʁøz\. Corpus data places it at rank #806 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de nombreux.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for nombreuses, with forms such as "nmobreuses", "nnombreuses", and "nobmreuses". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "nombreuse", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is nombreuses, spelled N-O-M-B-R-E-U-S-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de nombreux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nmobreuses,nnombreuses,nobmreuses,nombbreuses,nomberuses,nombresues,nombreuess,nombreusess,nombreusse,nombreusses,nombrreuses,nombrueses,nommbreuses,nomrbeuses,onmbreuses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nombreuses

Misspelling Variants of "nombreuses"

nmobreuses10nnombreuses11nobmreuses10nombbreuses11nomberuses10nombresues10nombreuess10nombreusess11
Misspelling Variants of "nombreuses"

Frequency rank: #806 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nombreuses"?
"nombreuses" is spelled N-O-M-B-R-E-U-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ̃.bʁøz\.
What does "nombreuses" mean?
As an adj, "nombreuses" means: Féminin pluriel de nombreux.
What words are commonly confused with "nombreuses"?
"nombreuses" is commonly confused with "nombreuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nombreuses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nombreuses" is \nɔ̃.bʁøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nombreuses" come from?
"nombreuses" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.