nostalgie

\nɔs.tal.ʒi\

/\nɔs.tal.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“nostalgie” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,585
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souffrance causée par le regret obsédant de la patrie ; mal du pays.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nostalgie · nostalgie · French

nostalgie · rank #8,585 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,585
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH multiplication

Nearest frequency peer: multiplication (-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 « nostalgie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nostalgie » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nostalgie vs nostalgique
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nostalgie
PropertyValue
Headwordnostalgie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nɔs.tal.ʒi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,585
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nostalgie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nostalgiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « multiplication » (#8,584), « notable » (#8,586), « Moselle » (#8,583). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nostalgie » est au #8,585. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around nostalgie (IPA \nɔs.tal.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,585 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for nostalgie, with forms such as "nnostalgie", "nosatlgie", and "nosstalgie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "nostalgique", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nostalgie, spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Souffrance causée par le regret obsédant de la patrie ; mal du pays.
  2. 2
    Regrets, non seulement d’un pays, mais d’un milieu auquel on a cessé d’appartenir, d’un genre de vie qu’on a cessé de mener, d'amis qu'on a perdus, d'un passé qui ne reviendra pas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En dépit de son bon vouloir, de sa passion pour le travail, le désespoir d'être loin des siens l'emportait chez Pasteur. Le mal du pays l'envahissait. Jamais le mot de nostalgie ne fut d'une application plus juste.
  2. — Vous allez pas nous déballer toutes vos cartes postales, non ? Le couplet sur Paris, voilà deux ans qu’on en croque. Ça revient comme du chou : Les petits bistros pas chers, les gambilles du samedi, la place du Tertre et le zouave du pont de l’Alma. Et dans cinq minutes, y en aura un qui va sortir un ticket de métro ou des photos de la Foire du Trône. N…

Synonyms

nostomanie

This word in other languages

nostalgia(English)nostalgia(Español)Heimweh(Deutsch)nostalgia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nnostalgie
  • nosatlgie
  • nosstalgie
  • nostaglie
  • nostalgei
  • nostalggie
  • nostalige
  • nostallgie
  • nostlagie
  • nosttalgie
  • notsalgie
  • nsotalgie
  • onstalgie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nnostalgie1nosatlgie2nosstalgie1nostaglie2nostalgei2nostalggie1nostalige2nostallgie1
Edit distance from "nostalgie"

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 "nostalgie"?
"nostalgie" is spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔs.tal.ʒi\.
What does "nostalgie" mean?
As a noun, "nostalgie" means: Souffrance causée par le regret obsédant de la patrie ; mal du pays.
What words are commonly confused with "nostalgie"?
"nostalgie" is commonly confused with "nostalgique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nostalgie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nostalgie" is \nɔs.tal.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nostalgie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

minorités#8,580Languedoc#8,571portables#8,599possédait#8,600

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

précieuse13 variantsislamiste13 variantsregardait13 variantsdétendre13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list