nuts
The verdict
“nuts” is uncommon French (frequency #58,121 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,121
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Testicules, couilles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nuts · nuts · French
nuts · rank #58,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,121
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nounous
Nearest frequency peer: nounous (-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 « nuts »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Northumberl…
Northumberland
41,883 corpus weight
- noterez
noterez
41,882 corpus weight
- nounous
nounous
41,881 corpus weight
- nuts
nuts
41,880 corpus weight
- négriers
négriers
41,879 corpus weight
- observaient
observaient
41,878 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nuts » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuts |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nuts » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nuts is uncommon French at frequency #58,121 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for nuts in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is nuts, spelled N-U-T-S.
Definition
- 1Testicules, couilles.
- 2Meilleure main possible étant donné les cartes sur la table.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nuts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ace-king is the nuts on this board.
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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