nourri

\nu.ʁi\

/\nu.ʁi\/ adj

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The verdict

“nourri” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,448
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui reçoit, qui a reçu de la nourriture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nourri · nourri · French

nourri · rank #11,448 · 5 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,448
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH never

Nearest frequency peer: never (-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 « nourri »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nourri » 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).

nourri vs nourrir
86% similar
nourri vs nourris
86% similar
nourri vs nourrie
86% similar

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

Key facts for nourri
PropertyValue
Headwordnourri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\nu.ʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,448
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nourri »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « never » (#11,447), « nœud » (#11,449), « nerf » (#11,446). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nourri » est au #11,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around nourri (IPA \nu.ʁi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,448 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nourri, with forms such as "nnourri", "noruri", and "nouri". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "nourrir", "nourris", "nourrie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nourri, spelled N-O-U-R-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui reçoit, qui a reçu de la nourriture.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un grain qui est bien plein, bien rempli.
  3. 3
    Qualifie un style riche, plein, abondant.
  4. 4
    Où abondent.
  5. 5
    Qualifie une couleur bien empâtée, un trait qui n’est pas trop fin.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une lettre dont les traits qui la forment ont beaucoup de corps.
  7. 7
    Qualifie une fusillade, une canonnade violente, des applaudissements importants, etc.
  8. 8
    Se dit d’une plante sans pied. Voir au pied nourri.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce blé, ce grain est bien nourri.
  2. Un ouvrage nourri de pensées, de réflexions. - Un écrivain nourri des bons auteurs.

Synonyms

alimenté

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nnourri
  • noruri
  • nouri
  • nuorri
  • onurri

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nnourri1noruri2nouri1nuorri2onurri2
Edit distance from "nourri"

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 "nourri"?
"nourri" is spelled N-O-U-R-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \nu.ʁi\.
What does "nourri" mean?
As an adjective, "nourri" means: Qui reçoit, qui a reçu de la nourriture.
What words are commonly confused with "nourri"?
"nourri" is commonly confused with "nourrir", "nourris", "nourrie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nourri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nourri" is \nu.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nourri" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

merlin#11,438marvel#11,436reliés#11,470graine#11,419

Similar misspelling depth

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

nœud5 variantsliga5 variantsKiev5 variantsEELV5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list