nomma

\nɔ.ma\

/\nɔ.ma\/ verb

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The verdict

“nomma” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,961
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de nommer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nomma · nomma · French

nomma · rank #23,961 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,961
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nogent

Nearest frequency peer: Nogent (-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 « nomma »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nomma » 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).

nomma vs noms
60% similar
nomma vs nova
60% similar
nomma vs nota
60% similar

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

Key facts for nomma
PropertyValue
Headwordnomma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nɔ.ma\
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,961
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nomma »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nommase 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 « Nogent » (#23,960), « Noémie » (#23,962), « nient » (#23,959). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nomma » est au #23,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around nomma (IPA \nɔ.ma\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,961 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de nommer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nomma, with forms such as "nmoma", "nnomma", and "noma". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "noms", "nova", "nota", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 nomma, spelled N-O-M-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de nommer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Henri, pour terminer cette affaire, nomma des commissaires à l’effet de distraire les nouvelles forêts d’avec les anciennes ; il en fut dressé un état, & en conséquence beaucoup de bois & de terres furent désenforestées, avec faculté aux propriétaires de les transformer en terres labourables.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nmoma
  • nnomma
  • noma
  • nomam
  • onmma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nomma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

nmoma2nnomma1noma1nomam2onmma2
Edit distance from "nomma"

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 "nomma"?
"nomma" is spelled N-O-M-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.ma\.
What does "nomma" mean?
As a verb, "nomma" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de nommer.
What words are commonly confused with "nomma"?
"nomma" is commonly confused with "noms", "nova", "nota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nomma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nomma" is \nɔ.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nomma" come from?
"nomma" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nient#23,959najat#23,953muret#23,948morne#23,945

Similar misspelling depth

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

nemo5 variantsMonnet5 variantsmaur5 variantsraies5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list