NSC
\ɛn.ɛs.se\
The verdict
“NSC” is uncommon French (frequency #69,276 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,276
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Noyau suprachiasmatique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nsc · NSC · French
NSC · rank #69,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,276
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH notif
Nearest frequency peer: notif (-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 « NSC »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nori
nori
30,728 corpus weight
- notif
notif
30,726 corpus weight
- NSC
NSC
30,725 corpus weight
- nun
nun
30,723 corpus weight
- Obiang
Obiang
30,722 corpus weight
- oblong
oblong
30,721 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « NSC » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | NSC |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛn.ɛs.se\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « NSC » en français
Rare enough to double-check
NSC is uncommon French at frequency #69,276 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛn.ɛs.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Noyau suprachiasmatique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for NSC in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is NSC, spelled N-S-C.
Definition
- 1Noyau suprachiasmatique.
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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