nouer

\nwe\

/\nwe\/ verb

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The verdict

“nouer” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,096
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lier au moyen d’un nœud, d'un lien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nouer · nouer · French

nouer · rank #21,096 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,096
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nomade

Nearest frequency peer: nomade (-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 « nouer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nouer » 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).

nouer vs nue
60% similar
nouer vs nous
60% similar
nouer vs nues
60% similar

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

Key facts for nouer
PropertyValue
Headwordnouer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nwe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,096
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nouer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nouerse 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 « nomade » (#21,095), « offrons » (#21,097), « oncles » (#21,098). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nouer » est au #21,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around nouer (IPA \nwe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,096 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for nouer, with forms such as "nnouer", "noeur", and "nouerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nue", "nous", "nues", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is nouer, spelled N-O-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lier au moyen d’un nœud, d'un lien.
  2. 2
    Établir, lier.
  3. 3
    Former le nœud, l’incident qui donne lieu à une intrigue.
  4. 4
    Rattacher les fils de la chaîne ou de la trame quand ils se cassent.
  5. 5
    Envelopper dans quelque chose, en faisant un nœud.
  6. 6
    Passer de l’état de fleur à celui de fruit.
  7. 7
    Présenter à ses articulations des épaississements semblables à des nœuds, qui sont des signes de rachitisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toutes les clés de la maison, des armoires et des coffres, cliquetaient autour de sa taille en un trousseau noué à sa ceinture.
  2. Ses doigts tordaient et retordaient une fibre imaginaire qu’il simulait de nouer gravement.

Synonyms

lier

Antonyms

dénouer

This word in other languages

tie(English)anudar(Español)knoten(Deutsch)atar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nnouer
  • noeur
  • nouerr
  • noure
  • nuoer
  • onuer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nouer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

nnouer1noeur2nouerr1noure2nuoer2onuer2
Edit distance from "nouer"

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 "nouer"?
"nouer" is spelled N-O-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \nwe\.
What does "nouer" mean?
As a verb, "nouer" means: Lier au moyen d’un nœud, d'un lien.
What words are commonly confused with "nouer"?
"nouer" is commonly confused with "nue", "nous", "nues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nouer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nouer" is \nwe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nouer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list