nuage de fumée
\ny.aʒ də fy.me\
The verdict
“nuage de fumée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gigantesque masse de fumée formée par un incendie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuage de fumée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ny.aʒ də fy.me\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nuage de fumée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nuage de fumée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ny.aʒ də fy.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gigantesque masse de fumée formée par un incendie.".
nuage de fumée doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 nuage de fumée, spelled N-U-A-G-E- -D-E- -F-U-M-É-E.
Definition
- 1Gigantesque masse de fumée formée par un incendie.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “nuage de fumée”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-U-A-G-E- -D-E- -F-U-M-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ny.aʒ də fy.me\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.