nuise
\nɥiz\
The verdict
“nuise” is uncommon French (frequency #57,467 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,467
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de nuire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nuise · nuise · French
nuise · rank #57,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,467
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH noyades
Nearest frequency peer: noyades (-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 « nuise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nourricière
nourricière
42,537 corpus weight
- nourrissaie…
nourrissaient
42,536 corpus weight
- noyades
noyades
42,535 corpus weight
- nuise
nuise
42,534 corpus weight
- nuova
nuova
42,533 corpus weight
- néandertali…
néandertaliens
42,532 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nuise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \nɥiz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nuise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nuise is uncommon French at frequency #57,467 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \nɥiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
nuise doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 nuise, spelled N-U-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de nuire.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de nuire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nuise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais que ma véracité ne nuise pas au succès de mon affaire.
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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