nord-est
\nɔ.ʁ‿ɛst\
The verdict
“nord-est” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Point de l’horizon qui est entre le nord et l’est. Il correspond à l'azimut 45°.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nord-est · nord-est · French
nord-est · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | nord-est |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ.ʁ‿ɛst\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
nord-est is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ.ʁ‿ɛst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for nord-est in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is nord-est, spelled N-O-R-D---E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Point de l’horizon qui est entre le nord et l’est. Il correspond à l'azimut 45°.
- 2Vent qui souffle entre le nord et l’est.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nord-est appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] et dans la mer des Antilles je faisais une bonne moyenne de marche poussé par les alizés qui soufflaient frais et réguliers du Nord-Est.
Du vélo 365 jours dans l’année : à Oulu, ville finlandaise au nord-est du golfe de Botnie, ni les températures négatives, ni les premières neiges n’arrêtent les cyclistes, dans cette commune qui se définit elle-même comme « la capitale du vélo en hiver ».
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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.