nonchalance

\nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s\

/\nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“nonchalance” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,200. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,200
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laisser-aller ; négligence ; apathie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nonchalance · nonchalance · French

nonchalance · rank #45,200 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,200
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Null

Nearest frequency peer: Null (+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 « nonchalance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nonchalance » 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
Key facts for nonchalance
PropertyValue
Headwordnonchalance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s\
Letters11
Frequency rank#45,200
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nonchalance »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).nonchalancese 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 « Null » (#45,201), « numérisé » (#45,203), « niaiseries » (#45,196). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nonchalance » est au #45,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around nonchalance (IPA \nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,200 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for nonchalance, with forms such as "nnochalance", "nnonchalance", and "nocnhalance". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 nonchalance, spelled N-O-N-C-H-A-L-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Laisser-aller ; négligence ; apathie.
  2. 2
    Mollesse ; langueur ; indolence.
  3. 3
    Relâchement, insouciance où l’on se complaît.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle était sobre, très propre et n’ayant d’autre défaut que beaucoup de paresse, la nonchalance régnant dans toutes ses actions et dans toute sa personne, malgré l’air de vivacité que ses yeux annonçaient.
  2. Pour le reste, il avait laissé les choses suivre leur cours, et quand le vieux caissier, le vénérable Savourdin, bonhomme à lunettes d’or et à cravate blanche, le priait chaque soir de vérifier la caisse, il s’acquittait de cette besogne avec une nonchalance véritablement inexplicable.

This word in other languages

nonchalance(English)Nonchalance(Deutsch)incúria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nnochalance
  • nnonchalance
  • nocnhalance
  • noncahlance
  • noncchalance
  • nonchaalnce
  • nonchalacne
  • nonchalancce
  • nonchalanec
  • nonchalannce
  • nonchallance
  • nonchalnace
  • nonchhalance
  • nonchlaance
  • nonhcalance
  • nonnchalance
  • onnchalance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nnochalance2nnonchalance1nocnhalance2noncahlance2noncchalance1nonchaalnce2nonchalacne2nonchalancce1
Edit distance from "nonchalance"

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 "nonchalance"?
"nonchalance" is spelled N-O-N-C-H-A-L-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s\.
What does "nonchalance" mean?
As a noun, "nonchalance" means: Laisser-aller ; négligence ; apathie.
What are common misspellings of "nonchalance"?
Common misspellings include "nnochalance", "nnonchalance", "nocnhalance", "noncahlance", "noncchalance". The correct spelling is "nonchalance".
How do you pronounce "nonchalance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nonchalance" is \nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nonchalance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list