nostomanie
\nɔs.tɔ.ma.ni\
The verdict
“nostomanie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme médical de nostalgie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nostomanie · nostomanie · French
nostomanie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | nostomanie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔs.tɔ.ma.ni\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
nostomanie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔs.tɔ.ma.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme médical de nostalgie.".
No misspelling variants are generated for nostomanie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nostomanie, spelled N-O-S-T-O-M-A-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme médical de nostalgie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nostomanie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avoir la maladie du pays, la nostomanie ou la nostalgie.
Le dictionnaire de Bégin, par exemple, datant de 1823, fait une distinction très significative entre les termes « nostalgie » et « nostomanie ».
This word in other languages
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.