Nouvelle-Orléans
\nu.vɛ.l‿ɔʁ.le.ɑ̃\
The verdict
“Nouvelle-Orléans” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Métropole de l’État de Louisiane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nouvelle-orleans · Nouvelle-Orléans · French
Nouvelle-Orléans · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nouvelle-Orléans |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \nu.vɛ.l‿ɔʁ.le.ɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nouvelle-Orléans » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nouvelle-Orléans is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \nu.vɛ.l‿ɔʁ.le.ɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Métropole de l’État de Louisiane.".
Nouvelle-Orléans doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Nouvelle-Orléans, spelled N-O-U-V-E-L-L-E---O-R-L-É-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Métropole de l’État de Louisiane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nouvelle-Orléans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La configuration des côtes influe principalement sur leur salubrité : […]; la côte de la Nouvelle-Orléans avec ses atterrissements marécageux, d'où s'échappe le miasme léthal de la fièvre jaune; Dieppe avec ses plages à galets; Boulogne, dont le sable lisse et moelleux invite les pieds du baigneur, sont des localités aussi différentes que plaine et montagne.
Il approuve hautement le comité de vigilance de la Nouvelle-Orléans qui en 1890 pendit, « à la grande satisfaction de tous les honnêtes gens », des maffiosi acquittés par le jury.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.