nutriment
\ny.tʁi.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“nutriment” is uncommon French (frequency #84,112 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,112
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composé organique ou minéral assimilable par un organisme vivant, vital pour son développement et son entretien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nutriment · nutriment · French
nutriment · rank #84,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,112
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nourrissage
Nearest frequency peer: nourrissage (-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 « nutriment »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nog
nog
15,893 corpus weight
- Nogaro
Nogaro
15,892 corpus weight
- nostri
nostri
15,891 corpus weight
- nourrissage
nourrissage
15,890 corpus weight
- nutriment
nutriment
15,889 corpus weight
- obstétricie…
obstétriciens
15,886 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nutriment » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nutriment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ny.tʁi.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nutriment » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nutriment is uncommon French at frequency #84,112 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ny.tʁi.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for nutriment in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nutriment, spelled N-U-T-R-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Composé organique ou minéral assimilable par un organisme vivant, vital pour son développement et son entretien.
- 2Synonyme de nourriture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nutriment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’appelle expressément nutriment tout aliment qui a l’aptitude vitale, qui, par lui-même, sans aucune nouvelle préparation, peut, dès qu’il est absorbé, servir à l’entretien de la vie, en concourant soit à la composition, soit au jeu des organes, c’est-à-dire qui est propre à nourrir même celui qui ne digère point.
En France, la loi autorise une irradiation allant jusqu'à 10 kilograys. Or, on sait qu'à partir de 6 kilograys, la plupart des nutriments (vitamines en tête) sont endommagés.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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