nur
\ˈnuːɐ̯\
The verdict
“nur” is uncommon French (frequency #51,630 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,630
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seulement, Ne … que, exprime une référence exclusive.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nur · nur · French
nur · rank #51,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,630
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Normandeau
Nearest frequency peer: Normandeau (-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 « nur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- neuneu
neuneu
48,374 corpus weight
- NHK
NHK
48,373 corpus weight
- Normandeau
Normandeau
48,372 corpus weight
- nur
nur
48,371 corpus weight
- Némésis
Némésis
48,370 corpus weight
- névralgique
névralgique
48,369 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈnuːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nur is uncommon French at frequency #51,630 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈnuːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nur, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nur, spelled N-U-R.
Definition
- 1Seulement, Ne … que, exprime une référence exclusive.
- 2nur mehr: exprime une diminution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich will nur das.
Nur der erste Schritt kostet etwas.
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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