nominale

\nɔ.mi.nal\

/\nɔ.mi.nal\/ adj

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The verdict

“nominale” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,349
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de nominal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nominale · nominale · French

nominale · rank #22,349 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,349
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nikki

Nearest frequency peer: Nikki (-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 « nominale »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nominale » 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).

nominale vs nominé
63% similar
nominale vs nominal
88% similar

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

Key facts for nominale
PropertyValue
Headwordnominale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\nɔ.mi.nal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,349
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nominale »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nominalese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Nikki » (#22,348), « Norris » (#22,350), « ned » (#22,347). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nominale » est au #22,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around nominale (IPA \nɔ.mi.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,349 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de nominal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for nominale, with forms such as "nmoinale", "nnominale", and "noimnale". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "nominé", "nominal", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nominale, spelled N-O-M-I-N-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de nominal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les tribus turcomanes qui nomadisent au nord de Khiva reconnaissent depuis longtemps la souveraineté nominale du khan.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nmoinale
  • nnominale
  • noimnale
  • nomianle
  • nominael
  • nominalle
  • nominlae
  • nominnale
  • nomminale
  • nomniale
  • onminale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nominale - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

nmoinale2nnominale1noimnale2nomianle2nominael2nominalle1nominlae2nominnale1
Edit distance from "nominale"

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 "nominale"?
"nominale" is spelled N-O-M-I-N-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.mi.nal\.
What does "nominale" mean?
As an adjective, "nominale" means: Féminin singulier de nominal.
What words are commonly confused with "nominale"?
"nominale" is commonly confused with "nominé", "nominal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nominale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nominale" 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 "nominale" come from?
"nominale" 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 "nominale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ménagers#22,343offenser#22,357Montigny#22,336palettes#22,362

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

migrant11 variantsperdrait11 variantslourdeur11 variantsLombard11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list