nomment

\nɔm\

/\nɔm\/ verb

The verdict

“nomment” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,077
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de nommer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nomment · nomment · French

nomment · rank #19,077 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,077
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Newcastle

Nearest frequency peer: Newcastle (-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 « nomment »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nomment » 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).

nomment vs nommer
71% similar
nomment vs nommés
57% similar
nomment vs notent
71% similar

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

Key facts for nomment
PropertyValue
Headwordnomment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nɔm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,077
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nomment »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nommentse 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 « Newcastle » (#19,076), « normande » (#19,078), « narcissique » (#19,075). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nomment » est au #19,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around nomment (IPA \nɔm\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,077 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for nomment, with forms such as "nmoment", "nnomment", and "nomemnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "nommer", "nommés", "notent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is nomment, spelled N-O-M-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de nommer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de nommer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le toit du porche, à forme aiguë, comme toute vieille charpente, se distinguait par deux girouettes perchées aux deux bouts d’une cime ornée de ces serrureries bizarres que les savants nomment un acrotère.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nmoment
  • nnomment
  • nomemnt
  • noment
  • nommennt
  • nommentt
  • nommetn
  • nommnet
  • onmment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nmoment2nnomment1nomemnt2noment1nommennt1nommentt1nommetn2nommnet2
Edit distance from "nomment"

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 "nomment"?
"nomment" is spelled N-O-M-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔm\.
What does "nomment" mean?
As a verb, "nomment" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de nommer.
What words are commonly confused with "nomment"?
"nomment" is commonly confused with "nommer", "nommés", "notent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nomment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nomment" is \nɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nomment" come from?
"nomment" 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 "nomment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list