nuisette
\nɥi.zɛt\
The verdict
“nuisette” is uncommon French (frequency #55,472 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,472
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chemise de nuit courte utilisée par les femmes, généralement constituée de tissu léger et souple tel le satin ou la soie, arrivant généralement au-dessus du genou, pouvant être fendue sur un ou deu...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuisette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɥi.zɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nuisette” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nuisette is uncommon French at frequency #55,472 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɥi.zɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chemise de nuit courte utilisée par les femmes, généralement constituée de tissu léger et souple tel le satin ou la soie, arrivant généralement au-dessus du genou, pouvant être fendue sur un ou deu...".
nuisette has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nuisette, spelled N-U-I-S-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Chemise de nuit courte utilisée par les femmes, généralement constituée de tissu léger et souple tel le satin ou la soie, arrivant généralement au-dessus du genou, pouvant être fendue sur un ou deux côtés et ayant souvent un décolleté assez profond, parfois orné de dentelle.
This word in other languages
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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Using “nuisette”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-U-I-S-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.