nombrilisme
\nɔ̃.bʁi.lism\
The verdict
“nombrilisme” is uncommon French (frequency #96,186 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,186
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Narcissisme, égoïsme, égocentrisme, tendance à tout rapporter à soi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nombrilisme · nombrilisme · French
nombrilisme · rank #96,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,186
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Nolte
Nearest frequency peer: Nolte (-1 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 « nombrilisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Niue
Niue
3,819 corpus weight
- nivo
nivo
3,818 corpus weight
- noctambule
noctambule
3,817 corpus weight
- Nolte
Nolte
3,816 corpus weight
- nombrilisme
nombrilisme
3,815 corpus weight
- nostro
nostro
3,812 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nombrilisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nombrilisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃.bʁi.lism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nombrilisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nombrilisme is uncommon French at frequency #96,186 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ̃.bʁi.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Narcissisme, égoïsme, égocentrisme, tendance à tout rapporter à soi.".
nombrilisme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is nombrilisme, spelled N-O-M-B-R-I-L-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Narcissisme, égoïsme, égocentrisme, tendance à tout rapporter à soi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nombrilisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En vérité, j’étais rassurée de ne pas terminer en meilleure position et même si j’étais heureuse d’être reconnue comme une jolie fille, j’évitais tout nombrilisme ou grosse tête.
Synonyms
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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.
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