non-paiement
\nɔ̃.pɛ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“non-paiement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défaut de paiement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-non-paiement · non-paiement · French
non-paiement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | non-paiement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃.pɛ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
non-paiement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ̃.pɛ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Défaut de paiement.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for non-paiement, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is non-paiement, spelled N-O-N---P-A-I-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Défaut de paiement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how non-paiement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En cas de non-paiement, il sera assigné.
Hier soir il avait fallu qu’elle payât sa chambre. Les propriétaires d’hôtels meublés ne se fient pas aux femmes qui font la noce. Il avait fallu payer. Mais elle ne pouvait pas donner sept francs puisqu’elle n’en avait que cinq. L’autre accorda un jour de grâce pour les quarante sous qui restaient, mais il était bien entendu qu’en cas de non-paiement ell…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.