Nyons
\njɔ̃s\
The verdict
“Nyons” is uncommon French (frequency #74,236 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,236
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Drôme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nyons · Nyons · French
Nyons · rank #74,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,236
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nuis
Nearest frequency peer: nuis (-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 « Nyons »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- notariales
notariales
25,768 corpus weight
- novelli
novelli
25,767 corpus weight
- nuis
nuis
25,766 corpus weight
- Nyons
Nyons
25,765 corpus weight
- oblongues
oblongues
25,764 corpus weight
- obscénités
obscénités
25,763 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nyons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nyons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \njɔ̃s\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nyons » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nyons is uncommon French at frequency #74,236 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \njɔ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de la Drôme.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Nyons 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Nyons, spelled N-Y-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Drôme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nyons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus au nord, des calcaires blancs et des argiles ligniteuses, du domaine lacustre lutétien, sont connus à l'est du Rhône (Nyons, synclinaux de Dieulefit et de Méouge, Drôme) et à l'ouest (synclinaux d'Uzès et de Brouzet-les-Alès, de Laval-Saint-Roman, Gard).
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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