nourrir
\nu.ʁiʁ\
The verdict
“nourrir” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,088 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,088
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sustenter, servir d’aliment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nourrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \nu.ʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nourrir” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for nourrir is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nu.ʁiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,088 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for nourrir, with forms such as "nnourrir", "norurir", and "nourir". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "nourris", "nourri", "Norris", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nourrir, spelled N-O-U-R-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Sustenter, servir d’aliment.
- 2Donner des engrais, engraisser, fumer.
- 3Allaiter.
- 4Allaiter.
- 5Entretenir d’aliments.
- 6Instruire, élever.
- 7Approvisionner de vivres.
- 8Procurer un revenu, une rente.
- 9Produire, porter, renfermer.
- 10Donner un aliment.
- 11Entretenir ; faire subsister ; faire durer.
- 12Entretenir, faire profiter de certaines choses.
- 13Entretenir dans son esprit, un sentiment, une pensée ou un dessein.
- 14Faire que les sons soient pleins et les soutenir pendant leur durée.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnourrir,norurir,nourir,nourirr,nourrirr,nourrri,nuorrir,onurrir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nourrir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “nourrir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-O-U-R-R-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nu.ʁiʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nourris” - see the side-by-side comparison. nourrir vs nourris
- 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.