notre

/\nɔtʁ\/ det

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#114

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

notre is aFrenchdet. It means: Première personne du pluriel au singulier. Qui nous appartient. Plusieurs possesseurs (dont l’un est le locuteur) et un seul objet. Pronounced \nɔtʁ\. It ranks #114 in French word frequency. Often confused with noyé and noue.

Key facts for notre
PropertyValue
Headwordnotre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechDet
IPA\nɔtʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#114
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for notre is 5 letters long, classified as adet, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #114 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for notre, with forms such as "nnotre", "norte", and "notrre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "noyé", "noue", "nour", and more, 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 notre, spelled N-O-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel au singulier. Qui nous appartient. Plusieurs possesseurs (dont l’un est le locuteur) et un seul objet.
  2. 2
    Mon, ma. Note d’usage : Utilisé par le roi et encore par les évêques dans leurs mandements et par les juges, quand ils disent nous au lieu de moi.
  3. 3
    S’emploie d’une manière indéterminée pour rappeler une personne dont on a déjà parlé.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnotre,norte,notrre,nottre,ntore,ontre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for notre

Misspelling Variants of "notre"

nnotre6norte5notrre6nottre6ntore5ontre5
Misspelling Variants of "notre"

Frequency rank: #114 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "notre"?
"notre" is spelled N-O-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔtʁ\.
What does "notre" mean?
As a det, "notre" means: Première personne du pluriel au singulier. Qui nous appartient. Plusieurs possesseurs (dont l’un est le locuteur) et un seul objet.
What words are commonly confused with "notre"?
"notre" is commonly confused with "noyé", "noue", "nour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "notre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notre" is \nɔtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "notre" come from?
"notre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our French index:

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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.