noyé

\nwa.je\

/\nwa.je\/ noun

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The verdict

“noyé” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,949
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui se noie ou qui a péri par noyade.

Corpus desk

Index FR-noye · noyé · French

noyé · rank #15,949 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,949
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH notera

Nearest frequency peer: notera (-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 « noyé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « noyé » 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).

noyé vs ny
50% similar
noyé vs nue
25% similar
noyé vs noz
50% similar

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

Key facts for noyé
PropertyValue
Headwordnoyé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nwa.je\
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,949
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « noyé »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).noyése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « notera » (#15,948), « nuisibles » (#15,950), « normands » (#15,947). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « noyé » est au #15,949. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around noyé (IPA \nwa.je\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,949 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personne qui se noie ou qui a péri par noyade.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for noyé, with forms such as "nnoyé", "noye", and "noyyé". 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, "ny", "nue", "noz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is noyé, spelled N-O-Y-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui se noie ou qui a péri par noyade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un grondement immense enveloppait la côte. Sur les flots palpitaient, blêmes, de toutes parts, Les âmes des noyés qui moururent en faute.
  2. Des hoquets de dégoût convulsèrent de nouveau leurs faces hâlées, zébrées de rides : depuis un mois, ils avaient bu de l’eau dans laquelle mijotait ce noyé ; depuis un mois tout le pays s’abreuvait de cette pourriture.

This word in other languages

drown(English)ahogado(Español)afogamento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nnoyé
  • noye
  • noyyé
  • noéy
  • nyoé
  • onyé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nnoyé1noye1noyyé1noéy2nyoé2onyé2
Edit distance from "noyé"

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 "noyé"?
"noyé" is spelled N-O-Y-É. The IPA pronunciation is \nwa.je\.
What does "noyé" mean?
As a noun, "noyé" means: Personne qui se noie ou qui a péri par noyade.
What words are commonly confused with "noyé"?
"noyé" is commonly confused with "ny", "nue", "noz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "noyé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "noyé" is \nwa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "noyé" come from?
"noyé" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mono#15,942porn#15,964seau#16,010sets#16,014

Similar misspelling depth

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

Masson6 variantsquitta6 variantsfauve6 variantsfaure6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list