NTSC
\ɛn.te.ɛs.se\
The verdict
“NTSC” is uncommon French (frequency #96,192 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,192
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Standard historique de codage des couleurs utilisé en Amérique du Nord et au Japon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ntsc · NTSC · French
NTSC · rank #96,192 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,192
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH novels
Nearest frequency peer: novels (-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 « NTSC »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nostro
nostro
3,812 corpus weight
- notais
notais
3,811 corpus weight
- novels
novels
3,810 corpus weight
- NTSC
NTSC
3,809 corpus weight
- octroya
octroya
3,807 corpus weight
- offensantes
offensantes
3,806 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « NTSC » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | NTSC |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛn.te.ɛs.se\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #96,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « NTSC » en français
Rare enough to double-check
NTSC is uncommon French at frequency #96,192 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛn.te.ɛs.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Standard historique de codage des couleurs utilisé en Amérique du Nord et au Japon.".
No misspelling variants are generated for NTSC in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 NTSC, spelled N-T-S-C.
Definition
- 1Standard historique de codage des couleurs utilisé en Amérique du Nord et au Japon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how NTSC appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En Europe, où la version de Melee est PAL par défaut, on se pose la question de changer pour adopter la version américaine du jeu (NTSC).
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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