nominal

\nɔ.mi.nal\

/\nɔ.mi.nal\/ adj

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The verdict

“nominal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,753
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au nom.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nominal · nominal · French

nominal · rank #25,753 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,753
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH noce

Nearest frequency peer: noce (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « nominal »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « nominal » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nominal vs nominé
71% similar
nominal vs nominés
71% similar
nominal vs nominale
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nominal
PropertyValue
Headwordnominal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\nɔ.mi.nal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,753
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nominal »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).nominalse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « noce » (#25,752), « nuisent » (#25,755), « métaphores » (#25,750). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nominal » est au #25,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around nominal (IPA \nɔ.mi.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,753 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nominal, with forms such as "nmoinal", "nnominal", and "noimnal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "nominé", "nominés", "nominale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nominal, spelled N-O-M-I-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au nom.
  2. 2
    Qualifie l’action d’appeler successivement par leur nom les membres d’une assemblée.
  3. 3
    Qualifie l'autorité qui existe seulement de nom, et non pas de fait.
  4. 4
    Qualifie la valeur exprimée sur un papier-monnaie, sur un effet de commerce, etc. et qui diffère de sa valeur marchande.
  5. 5
    Conforme à une référence prédéterminée, aux erreurs de mesure près en parlant d'une grandeur, un état ou un processus.
  6. 6
    Se dit d'une performance annoncée par le constructeur d'un appareil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nominal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En effet, grâce à des rimes isosexuelles dont la morphologie nominale ou adjectivale est exclusivement féminine, elle s'affranchit de la règle séculaire d'alternance du sexe des rimes et consacre ainsi le sonnet à la féminité.
  2. Vivès écrivait en 1990 que la composition nominale du français s'avérait un domaine d'une complexité insoupçonnable à première vue.

This word in other languages

nominal(English)nominal(Español)namentlich(Deutsch)nominal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nmoinal
  • nnominal
  • noimnal
  • nomianl
  • nominall
  • nominla
  • nominnal
  • nomminal
  • nomnial
  • onminal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nominal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

nmoinal2nnominal1noimnal2nomianl2nominall1nominla2nominnal1nomminal1
Edit distance from "nominal"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nominal"?
"nominal" is spelled N-O-M-I-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.mi.nal\.
What does "nominal" mean?
As an adjective, "nominal" means: Relatif au nom.
What words are commonly confused with "nominal"?
"nominal" is commonly confused with "nominé", "nominés", "nominale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nominal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nominal" is \nɔ.mi.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nominal" come from?
"nominal" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nominal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nuisent#25,755mutants#25,746Morlaix#25,744Pearson#25,763

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

pointus10 variantspontife10 variantsminiers10 variantsPrussien10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list