nude

\njud\

/\njud\/ noun

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The verdict

“nude” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,514. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,514
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Photo ou vidéo exposant un ou plusieurs corps nus ou partiellement dénudés et sexualisés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nude · nude · French

nude · rank #36,514 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,514
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH normalisé

Nearest frequency peer: normalisé (-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 « nude »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nude » 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).

nude vs nul
50% similar
nude vs nue
75% similar
nude vs nus
50% similar

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

Key facts for nude
PropertyValue
Headwordnude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\njud\
Letters4
Frequency rank#36,514
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nude »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nudese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « normalisé » (#36,513), « ordonnées » (#36,516), « orfèvrerie » (#36,517). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nude » est au #36,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around nude (IPA \njud\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,514 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Photo ou vidéo exposant un ou plusieurs corps nus ou partiellement dénudés et sexualisés.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nude, with forms such as "ndue", "nnude", and "nudde". 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, "nul", "nue", "nus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 nude, spelled N-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Photo ou vidéo exposant un ou plusieurs corps nus ou partiellement dénudés et sexualisés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne connais pas pire ascenseur émotionnel que de croire qu’on a envoyé son nude à la mauvaise conversation mais en fait non, tout va bien.
  2. La victime ne doit pas se sentir coupable, il n’y a pas de faute à envoyer des nudes à une personne de confiance.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ndue
  • nnude
  • nudde
  • nued
  • unde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ndue2nnude1nudde1nued2unde2
Edit distance from "nude"

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 "nude"?
"nude" is spelled N-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \njud\.
What does "nude" mean?
As a noun, "nude" means: Photo ou vidéo exposant un ou plusieurs corps nus ou partiellement dénudés et sexualisés.
What words are commonly confused with "nude"?
"nude" is commonly confused with "nul", "nue", "nus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nude" is \njud\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nude" come from?
"nude" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mask#36,486Lutz#36,477luth#36,476Juno#36,456

Similar misspelling depth

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

lotte5 variantsletton5 variantskippa5 variantsIlya5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list