nursing
\nœʁ.siŋ\
The verdict
“nursing” is uncommon French (frequency #78,689 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,689
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble des soins infirmiers, d’hygiène et de confort apportés aux personnes dépendantes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nursing |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nœʁ.siŋ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nursing” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nursing is uncommon French at frequency #78,689 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nœʁ.siŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nursing, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nursing, spelled N-U-R-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des soins infirmiers, d’hygiène et de confort apportés aux personnes dépendantes.
- 2Acte de soin particulier effectué dans ce cadre.
Synonyms
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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Using “nursing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-U-R-S-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nœʁ.siŋ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.