nulle

\nyl\

/\nyl\/ noun

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The verdict

“nulle” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,529. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,529
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui est nulle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nulle · nulle · French

nulle · rank #2,529 · 5 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,529
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH marchés

Nearest frequency peer: marchés (-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 « nulle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nulle » 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).

nulle vs nuls
60% similar
nulle vs nuque
60% similar
nulle vs nurse
60% similar

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

Key facts for nulle
PropertyValue
Headwordnulle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nyl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,529
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nulle »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).nullese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « marchés » (#2,528), « oeil » (#2,530), « magazine » (#2,527). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nulle » est au #2,529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around nulle (IPA \nyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,529 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Celle qui est nulle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nulle, with forms such as "nlule", "nnulle", and "nule". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "nuls", "nuque", "nurse", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nulle, spelled N-U-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui est nulle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelle nulle ! C’est une incapable.
  2. Oh la nulle ! (expression enfantine)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nlule
  • nnulle
  • nule
  • nulel
  • unlle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nulle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

nlule2nnulle1nule1nulel2unlle2
Edit distance from "nulle"

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 "nulle"?
"nulle" is spelled N-U-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nyl\.
What does "nulle" mean?
As a noun, "nulle" means: Celle qui est nulle.
What words are commonly confused with "nulle"?
"nulle" is commonly confused with "nuls", "nuque", "nurse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nulle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nulle" is \nyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nulle" come from?
"nulle" 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 "nulle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

devra#2,513score#2,545cible#2,511étage#2,499

Similar misspelling depth

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

live5 variantsdette5 variantsfixe5 variantsjoli5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list