NPA

\ɛn.pe.a\

/\ɛn.pe.a\/ noun

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The verdict

“NPA” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,109) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#26,109
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste, organisation trotskiste française.

Corpus desk

Index FR-npa · NPA · French

NPA · rank #26,109 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,109
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Np

Nearest frequency peer: Np (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « NPA »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « NPA » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

NPA vs nu
0% similar
NPA vs ny
0% similar
NPA vs NS
33% similar

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

Key facts for NPA
PropertyValue
HeadwordNPA
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛn.pe.a\
Letters3
Frequency rank#26,109
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « NPA »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).NPAse 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 « Np » (#26,108), « ocre » (#26,110), « nostalgiques » (#26,107). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « NPA » est au #26,109. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for NPA is neighbouring look-alikes ("nu", "ny", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɛn.pe.a\. Frequency #26,109 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste, organisation trotskiste française.".

No misspelling variants are generated for NPA in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nu", "ny", "NS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is NPA, spelled N-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste, organisation trotskiste française.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une guerre de légitimité s’ouvre. Le Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste (NPA) s’est scindé en deux à l’issue de son cinquième congrès, dimanche 11 décembre. Le courant des figures historiques Philippe Poutou et Olivier Besancenot, qui opte "pour une "gauche radicale qui peut travailler avec LFI", a pris acte de ses désaccords politiques avec les défenseurs d’u…
  2. Ambiance spectrale à la bourse du travail de Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). Dans la grande salle, ce dimanche 11 décembre, beaucoup de sièges sont vides. Seule la moitié des 200 délégué·es au 5e congrès du Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste (NPA) sont encore présent·es, l’autre moitié ayant quitté les lieux avec pertes et fracas la veille, autour de l’ex-can…

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 "NPA"?
"NPA" is spelled N-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛn.pe.a\.
What does "NPA" mean?
As a noun, "NPA" means: Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste, organisation trotskiste française.
What words are commonly confused with "NPA"?
"NPA" is commonly confused with "nu", "ny", "NS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "NPA"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "NPA" is \ɛn.pe.a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "NPA" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nor#26,106pla#26,134pri#26,137KGB#26,076

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list