nostalgique

/\nɔs.tal.ʒik\/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,955

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

nostalgique is anFrenchadj. It means: Relatif à la nostalgie. Pronounced \nɔs.tal.ʒik\. Often confused with nostalgiques and nostalgie.

Key facts for nostalgique
PropertyValue
Headwordnostalgique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\nɔs.tal.ʒik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#16,955
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nostalgique in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for nostalgique is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔs.tal.ʒik\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,955 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for nostalgique, with forms such as "nnostalgique", "nosatlgique", and "nosstalgique". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "nostalgiques", "nostalgie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is nostalgique, spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la nostalgie.
  2. 2
    Envahi par un sentiment de nostalgie.
  3. 3
    Qui souffre, qui est atteint de nostalgie.
  4. 4
    Qui regrette le passé, passéiste.
  5. 5
    Mélancolique, triste.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnostalgique,nosatlgique,nosstalgique,nostaglique,nostalggique,nostalgiqeu,nostalgiqque,nostalgiuqe,nostalgqiue,nostaligque,nostallgique,nostlagique,nosttalgique,notsalgique,nsotalgique,onstalgique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nostalgique

Misspelling Variants of "nostalgique"

nnostalgique12nosatlgique11nosstalgique12nostaglique11nostalggique12nostalgiqeu11nostalgiqque12nostalgiuqe11
Misspelling Variants of "nostalgique"

Frequency rank: #16,955 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nostalgique"?
"nostalgique" is spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔs.tal.ʒik\.
What does "nostalgique" mean?
As an adj, "nostalgique" means: Relatif à la nostalgie.
What words are commonly confused with "nostalgique"?
"nostalgique" is commonly confused with "nostalgiques", "nostalgie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nostalgique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nostalgique" is \nɔs.tal.ʒik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nostalgique" come from?
"nostalgique" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.