nuovo
\ˈnwɔ.vo\
The verdict
“nuovo” is uncommon French (frequency #63,960 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,960
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nouveau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nuovo · nuovo · French
nuovo · rank #63,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,960
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Numerama
Nearest frequency peer: Numerama (-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 « nuovo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nitrites
nitrites
36,044 corpus weight
- Numerama
Numerama
36,042 corpus weight
- nuovo
nuovo
36,041 corpus weight
- nutritionni…
nutritionnistes
36,040 corpus weight
- Nyx
Nyx
36,039 corpus weight
- néerlandoph…
néerlandophones
36,038 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nuovo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuovo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈnwɔ.vo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nuovo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nuovo is uncommon French at frequency #63,960 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈnwɔ.vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nouveau.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nuovo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nuovo, spelled N-U-O-V-O.
Definition
- 1Nouveau.
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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