nulle part

\nyl paʁ\

/\nyl paʁ\/ adv

The verdict

“nulle part” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En aucun endroit. — Note d’usage : Le plus souvent utilisé avec la particule négative ne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nulle-part · nulle part · French

nulle part · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for nulle part
PropertyValue
Headwordnulle part
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\nyl paʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nulle part » en français

nulle partreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nulle part is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \nyl paʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

nulle part has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is nulle part, spelled N-U-L-L-E- -P-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    En aucun endroit. — Note d’usage : Le plus souvent utilisé avec la particule négative ne.
  2. 2
    Quelque part.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Où pouvons-nous d’ailleurs n'être nulle part comme dans un café ? Voici des chaises, un comptoir, deux glaces en vis-à- vis, des tables.
  2. Si profond était le fossé entre la bourgeoisie manufacturière et les ouvriers du textile que les luttes révolutionnaires, dans Sedan, prirent comme nulle part ailleurs le caractère d’un conflit entre classes.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nulle part"?
"nulle part" is spelled N-U-L-L-E- -P-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \nyl paʁ\.
What does "nulle part" mean?
As an adverb, "nulle part" means: En aucun endroit. — Note d’usage : Le plus souvent utilisé avec la particule négative ne.
How do you pronounce "nulle part"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nulle part" is \nyl paʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nulle part" come from?
"nulle part" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list