nommer

\nɔ.me\

/\nɔ.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“nommer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,898
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attribuer, imposer un nom à une personne, une chose ou une collectivité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nommer · nommer · French

nommer · rank #5,898 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,898
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Na

Nearest frequency peer: Na (-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 « nommer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nommer » 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).

nommer vs noter
67% similar
nommer vs norme
67% similar
nommer vs noyer
67% similar

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

Key facts for nommer
PropertyValue
Headwordnommer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nɔ.me\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,898
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nommer »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Na » (#5,897), « Néerlandais » (#5,899), « médicament » (#5,896). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nommer » est au #5,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around nommer (IPA \nɔ.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,898 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for nommer, with forms such as "nmomer", "nnommer", and "nomemr". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "noter", "norme", "noyer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 nommer, spelled N-O-M-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attribuer, imposer un nom à une personne, une chose ou une collectivité.
  2. 2
    Qualifier, décerner une épithète.
  3. 3
    Dire le nom d’une personne, d’une chose ; dire comment une personne, une chose s’appelle.
  4. 4
    Désigner, énumérer.
  5. 5
    Désigner, choisir ou instituer pour une fonction ou un poste.
  6. 6
    Élire.
  7. 7
    Appeler, avoir pour nom.
  8. 8
    Déclarer son nom.
  9. 9
    Indiquer, mentionner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il fut le premier qui découvrit cette île et il la nomma de son nom.
  2. Nommer une maladie est la plus sûre façon de la faire apparaître.

Synonyms

baptiser

This word in other languages

name(English)nombrar(Español)heißen(Deutsch)chamar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nmomer
  • nnommer
  • nomemr
  • nomer
  • nommerr
  • nommre
  • onmmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nommer - 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.

nmomer2nnommer1nomemr2nomer1nommerr1nommre2onmmer2
Edit distance from "nommer"

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 "nommer"?
"nommer" is spelled N-O-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.me\.
What does "nommer" mean?
As a verb, "nommer" means: Attribuer, imposer un nom à une personne, une chose ou une collectivité.
What words are commonly confused with "nommer"?
"nommer" is commonly confused with "noter", "norme", "noyer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nommer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nommer" is \nɔ.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nommer" come from?
"nommer" 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 "nommer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plaine#5,907prêter#5,910racine#5,912jouait#5,882

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

label7 variantsJason7 variantssoirs7 variantssolde7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list