nuque
\nyk\
The verdict
“nuque” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,626
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie dorsale du cou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nuque · nuque · French
nuque · rank #11,626 · 6 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,626
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH naïf
Nearest frequency peer: naïf (-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 « nuque »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- montrait
montrait
88,379 corpus weight
- muni
muni
88,377 corpus weight
- naïf
naïf
88,376 corpus weight
- nuque
nuque
88,375 corpus weight
- panama
panama
88,373 corpus weight
- particulari…
particularités
88,371 corpus weight
What this shows « nuque » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nyk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nuque »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around nuque (IPA \nyk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,626 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for nuque, with forms such as "nnuque", "nquue", and "nuqeu". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "nurse", "nue", "noue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nuque, spelled N-U-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Partie dorsale du cou.
- 2Partie de la chevelure à l’arrière du cou.
- 3Partie arrière de la tourelle d’un char.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nuque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle marcha très lentement par la chambre, les mains croisées autour de la nuque, toute à la volupté d'appliquer sur les dalles ses pieds nus où la sueur se glaçait.
Une blonde qui possédait des nichons et une nuque inoubliables a cru bon de venir rompre le silence de l'écran par une chanson où il était question de sa solitude.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnuque
- nquue
- nuqeu
- nuqque
- nuuqe
- unque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nuque - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).