nuisible

/\nɥi.zibl\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,425

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

nuisible is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui porte dommage ; qui nuit. Pronounced \nɥi.zibl\. Often confused with nuisibles.

Key facts for nuisible
PropertyValue
Headwordnuisible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\nɥi.zibl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,425
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nuisible in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for nuisible is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɥi.zibl\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,425 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui porte dommage ; qui nuit.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for nuisible, with forms such as "niusible", "nnuisible", and "nuiisble". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "nuisibles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is nuisible, spelled N-U-I-S-I-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui porte dommage ; qui nuit.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: niusible,nnuisible,nuiisble,nuisbile,nuisibble,nuisibel,nuisiblle,nuisilbe,nuissible,nusiible,unisible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nuisible

Misspelling Variants of "nuisible"

niusible8nnuisible9nuiisble8nuisbile8nuisibble9nuisibel8nuisiblle9nuisilbe8
Misspelling Variants of "nuisible"

Frequency rank: #16,425 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nuisible"?
"nuisible" is spelled N-U-I-S-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɥi.zibl\.
What does "nuisible" mean?
As an adj, "nuisible" means: Qui porte dommage ; qui nuit.
What words are commonly confused with "nuisible"?
"nuisible" is commonly confused with "nuisibles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nuisible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nuisible" is \nɥi.zibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nuisible" come from?
"nuisible" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.