nonchalamment
\nɔ̃.ʃa.la.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“nonchalamment” is uncommon French (frequency #61,737 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,737
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière nonchalante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nonchalamment · nonchalamment · French
nonchalamment · rank #61,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,737
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nippons
Nearest frequency peer: nippons (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « nonchalamment »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nigra
nigra
38,267 corpus weight
- Nile
Nile
38,266 corpus weight
- nippons
nippons
38,265 corpus weight
- nonchalamme…
nonchalamment
38,264 corpus weight
- normatives
normatives
38,263 corpus weight
- notariés
notariés
38,262 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nonchalamment » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nonchalamment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \nɔ̃.ʃa.la.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #61,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nonchalamment » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nonchalamment is uncommon French at frequency #61,737 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \nɔ̃.ʃa.la.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nonchalamment, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nonchalamment, spelled N-O-N-C-H-A-L-A-M-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière nonchalante.
- 2Mollement, avec abandon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nonchalamment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous les hommes, […], écoutaient nonchalamment, sans y prêter grande attention, un mauvais phonographe, aux accents métalliques. Du pavillon sonore sortaient des paroles qui serrèrent le cœur de Bert d’une angoisse nostalgique […].
Lorsqu'on entend les prédicateurs, je ne sais quelle accoutumance malheureuse de recevoir par leur entremise la parole de l’Évangile fait qu’on l’écoute de leur bouche plus nonchalamment.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).