novlangue
\nɔv.lɑ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“novlangue” is uncommon French (frequency #53,517 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,517
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Dans l’univers du roman 1984 de George Orwell) Langue officielle de l’Océania.
Corpus desk
Index FR-novlangue · novlangue · French
novlangue · rank #53,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,517
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH noun
Nearest frequency peer: noun (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « novlangue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nerds
nerds
46,488 corpus weight
- Nguesso
Nguesso
46,487 corpus weight
- niez
niez
46,486 corpus weight
- noun
noun
46,485 corpus weight
- novlangue
novlangue
46,484 corpus weight
- nueva
nueva
46,483 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « novlangue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | novlangue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔv.lɑ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « novlangue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
novlangue is uncommon French at frequency #53,517 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔv.lɑ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for novlangue, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 novlangue, spelled N-O-V-L-A-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1(Dans l’univers du roman 1984 de George Orwell) Langue officielle de l’Océania.
- 2Langue dans laquelle le sens des mots est détourné en vue de manipuler les citoyens.
- 3Registre de langue abscons, proche de la langue de bois ou du politiquement correct.
- 4Langue de bois, en particulier en parlant des politiciens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how novlangue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le novlangue était destiné, non à étendre, mais à diminuer le domaine de la pensée, et la réduction au minimum du choix des mots aidait indirectement à atteindre ce but.
Le roman d'anticipation de George Orwell, 1984, est longuement commenté : dans ce roman, l'introduction de ce qu'Orwell appelle newspeak, terme traduit en français par « novlangue », ou plus récemment par « néoparler », permet à un pouvoir totalitaire d'imposer à une population opprimée une nouvelle langue, privée de ses subtilités et réduite à des opposi…
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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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