norme
\nɔʁm\
The verdict
“norme” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,255 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,255
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caractéristique ou comportement généralement attendu d’une personne ou d’une chose.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | norme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔʁm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “norme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for norme is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔʁm\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,255 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for norme, with forms such as "nnorme", "nomre", and "norem". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Note", "noyé", "noue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is norme, spelled N-O-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Caractéristique ou comportement généralement attendu d’une personne ou d’une chose.
- 2Règle de droit, en particulier écrite (législation, réglementation).
- 3Document élaboré par un organisme de normalisation qui tend à une harmonisation à l'échelle au moins nationale dans un domaine particulier.
- 4Document élaboré par un organisme de normalisation qui tend à une harmonisation à l'échelle au moins nationale dans un domaine particulier.
- 5Valeur différentielle des éléments d’un ensemble
- 6Valeur différentielle des éléments d’un ensemble
- 7Valeur différentielle des éléments d’un ensemble
- 8Chacune des manières d’écrire une langue qui en possède plusieurs.
- 9Chacune des performances qu’un joueur ou une joueuse doit réaliser pour obtenir un titre de maître.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnorme,nomre,norem,normme,norrme,nrome,onrme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of norme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “norme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-O-R-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nɔʁm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Note” - see the side-by-side comparison. norme vs Note
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.