nymphe

\nɛ̃f\

/\nɛ̃f\/ noun

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The verdict

“nymphe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,721
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Divinité féminine grecque d’un rang inférieur qui hante les fleuves, les sources, les bois, les montagnes, les prairies, les mers, etc., et personnifie les forces vives de la nature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nymphe · nymphe · French

nymphe · rank #30,721 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,721
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nuancée

Nearest frequency peer: nuancée (-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 « nymphe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « nymphe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nymphe vs nymphes
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nymphe
PropertyValue
Headwordnymphe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nɛ̃f\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,721
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nymphe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nymphese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nuancée » (#30,720), « nécessitait » (#30,722), « notées » (#30,719). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nymphe » est au #30,721. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around nymphe (IPA \nɛ̃f\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,721 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nymphe, with forms such as "nmyphe", "nnymphe", and "nymhpe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "nymphes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nymphe, spelled N-Y-M-P-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Divinité féminine grecque d’un rang inférieur qui hante les fleuves, les sources, les bois, les montagnes, les prairies, les mers, etc., et personnifie les forces vives de la nature.
  2. 2
    Belle jeune fille ou jeune femme.
  3. 3
    Jeune fille ou jeune femme attachée à un lieu, à un rôle, à une fonction.
  4. 4
    Stade de métamorphose d’un insecte, intermédiaire entre l’état de larve et celui d’imago.
  5. 5
    La pupe est formée par la dernière exuvie larvaire rétractée qui constitue un puparium chitinisé, dur et résistant. La pupe enferme la nymphe et ne permet pas de distinguer les parties de l’imago. — (P. Pesson & Jean Louveaux, Pollinisation et productions végétales, Éditions Quae, 1984, note bas de page 52)
  6. 6
    Larve âgée du puceron dont les ébauches des ailes sont déjà développées.
  7. 7
    (au pluriel) Petites lèvres, replis membraneux de chaque côté de l’orifice vaginal sous les grandes lèvres de la vulve.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nymphe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les voilà qui m’entourent ; les voilà qui me contemplent ; les voilà qui me disent en leurs provocations : « Jeune dieu d’Amour, enseigne aux nymphes bocagères la mollesse et le désir, l’inconstance et la passion, le sourire et le sérieux. »
  2. Ô nymphe, ô source antique aux froides transparences !

Synonyms

nixeondinedéesseprincesse

This word in other languages

nymph(English)ninfa(Español)Nymphe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nmyphe
  • nnymphe
  • nymhpe
  • nymmphe
  • nympeh
  • nymphhe
  • nympphe
  • nypmhe
  • nyymphe
  • ynmphe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nymphe - 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.

nmyphe2nnymphe1nymhpe2nymmphe1nympeh2nymphhe1nympphe1nypmhe2
Edit distance from "nymphe"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nymphe"?
"nymphe" is spelled N-Y-M-P-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɛ̃f\.
What does "nymphe" mean?
As a noun, "nymphe" means: Divinité féminine grecque d’un rang inférieur qui hante les fleuves, les sources, les bois, les montagnes, les prairies, les mers, etc., et personnifie les forces vives de la nature.
What words are commonly confused with "nymphe"?
"nymphe" is commonly confused with "nymphes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nymphe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nymphe" is \nɛ̃f\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nymphe" come from?
"nymphe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nymphe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

notées#30,719munies#30,710Melvin#30,703pincer#30,739

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

nuancée10 variantsmerdeux10 variantsPhyllis10 variantsmarmotte10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list