nympho
\nɛ̃.fo\
The verdict
“nympho” is uncommon French (frequency #58,794 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,794
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nymphomane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nympho · nympho · French
nympho · rank #58,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,794
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nuno
Nearest frequency peer: nuno (-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 « nympho »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nuancées
nuancées
41,209 corpus weight
- nuno
nuno
41,208 corpus weight
- nympho
nympho
41,207 corpus weight
- Néandertal
Néandertal
41,206 corpus weight
- nébulosité
nébulosité
41,205 corpus weight
- négociait
négociait
41,204 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nympho » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nympho |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \nɛ̃.fo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nympho » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nympho is uncommon French at frequency #58,794 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \nɛ̃.fo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nymphomane.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nympho in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 nympho, spelled N-Y-M-P-H-O.
Definition
- 1Nymphomane.
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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