nuova

\'nwɔ.va\

/\'nwɔ.va\/ adj

The verdict

“nuova” is uncommon French (frequency #57,468 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,468
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de nuovo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nuova · nuova · French

nuova · rank #57,468 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,468
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nuise

Nearest frequency peer: nuise (-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 « nuova »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nuova » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nuova
PropertyValue
Headwordnuova
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\'nwɔ.va\
Letters5
Frequency rank#57,468
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nuova » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nuovatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « nuise » (#57,467), « néandertaliens » (#57,469), « noyades » (#57,466). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nuova » est au #57,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nuova is uncommon French at frequency #57,468 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \'nwɔ.va\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de nuovo.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nuova, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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. The correct French form is nuova, spelled N-U-O-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de nuovo.

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 "nuova"?
"nuova" is spelled N-U-O-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is \'nwɔ.va\.
What does "nuova" mean?
As an adjective, "nuova" means: Féminin singulier de nuovo.
How do you pronounce "nuova"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nuova" is \'nwɔ.va\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nuova", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list