nonciature
\nɔ̃.sja.tyʁ\
The verdict
“nonciature” is uncommon French (frequency #85,061 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,061
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Charge de nonce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nonciature · nonciature · French
nonciature · rank #85,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,061
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nort
Nearest frequency peer: nort (+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 « nonciature »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nervous
nervous
14,946 corpus weight
- nonciature
nonciature
14,940 corpus weight
- nort
nort
14,939 corpus weight
- noueux
noueux
14,938 corpus weight
- noya
noya
14,937 corpus weight
- nécromancie
nécromancie
14,935 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nonciature » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nonciature |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃.sja.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nonciature » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nonciature is uncommon French at frequency #85,061 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ̃.sja.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for nonciature in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nonciature, spelled N-O-N-C-I-A-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Charge de nonce.
- 2Résidence du nonce.
- 3Temps pendant lequel on exerce cet emploi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nonciature appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les oignons de l’Église, ça devait être, sans doute, pour le général, les sacristies sentant le moisi, les nonciatures, les pastorales d'ensemble, et tout notre bazar extérieur.
Il était inquiet. Ses affaires allaient mal. Il n’avait obtenu, à la nonciature, que des paroles vagues. La prudence romaine commençait à l’effrayer.
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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