notoriété
\nɔ.tɔ.ʁje.te\
The verdict
“notoriété” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,731 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,731
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Connaissance générale, publique, d’un fait.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | notoriété |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ.tɔ.ʁje.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “notoriété” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for notoriété is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔ.tɔ.ʁje.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,731 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for notoriété, with forms such as "nnotoriété", "nootriété", and "notoirété". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is notoriété, spelled N-O-T-O-R-I-É-T-É.
Definition
- 1Connaissance générale, publique, d’un fait.
- 2État d’une personne fort connue.
- 3Personne connue, célébrité.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnotoriété,nootriété,notoirété,notoriete,notoritéé,notoriétté,notoriéét,notorriété,notoréité,notroiété,nottoriété,ntooriété,ontoriété
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of notoriété - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “notoriété”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-O-T-O-R-I-É-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nɔ.tɔ.ʁje.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.