nôtres

\notʁ\

/\notʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“nôtres” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,709. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,709
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Folies, bons tours, bons divertissements.

Corpus desk

Index FR-notres · nôtres · French

nôtres · rank #9,709 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,709
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nîmes

Nearest frequency peer: Nîmes (-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 « nôtres »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nôtres » 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).

nôtres vs noyés
33% similar
nôtres vs noués
33% similar
nôtres vs noyées
50% similar

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

Key facts for nôtres
PropertyValue
Headwordnôtres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\notʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,709
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nôtres »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nôtresse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Nîmes » (#9,708), « observateurs » (#9,710), « négatives » (#9,707). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nôtres » est au #9,709. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around nôtres (IPA \notʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,709 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nôtres, with forms such as "nnôtres", "notres", and "ntôres". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "noyés", "noués", "noyées", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nôtres, spelled N-Ô-T-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Folies, bons tours, bons divertissements.
  2. 2
    Ceux qui sont de notre famille, de notre patrie, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Faire des nôtres.
  2. Nous avons bien fait des nôtres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nnôtres
  • notres
  • ntôres
  • nôrtes
  • nôters
  • nôtress
  • nôtrres
  • nôtrse
  • nôttres
  • ôntres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nnôtres1notres1ntôres2nôrtes2nôters2nôtress1nôtrres1nôtrse2
Edit distance from "nôtres"

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 "nôtres"?
"nôtres" is spelled N-Ô-T-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \notʁ\.
What does "nôtres" mean?
As a noun, "nôtres" means: Folies, bons tours, bons divertissements.
What words are commonly confused with "nôtres"?
"nôtres" is commonly confused with "noyés", "noués", "noyées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nôtres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nôtres" is \notʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nôtres" come from?
"nôtres" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plains#9,721pleurs#9,722Marcus#9,693relire#9,731

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

moulins10 variantspoignet10 variantspointes10 variantspénurie10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list