Nyx
\niks\
The verdict
“Nyx” is uncommon French (frequency #63,962 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,962
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déesse de la Nuit, mère d’Éther (la Lumière céleste) et Héméra (le Jour).
Corpus desk
Index FR-nyx · Nyx · French
Nyx · rank #63,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,962
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nutritionnist…
Nearest frequency peer: nutritionnistes (-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 « Nyx »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Numerama
Numerama
36,042 corpus weight
- nuovo
nuovo
36,041 corpus weight
- nutritionni…
nutritionnistes
36,040 corpus weight
- Nyx
Nyx
36,039 corpus weight
- néerlandoph…
néerlandophones
36,038 corpus weight
- négligemment
négligemment
36,037 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Nyx » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nyx |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \niks\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #63,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Nyx » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Nyx is uncommon French at frequency #63,962 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \niks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Déesse de la Nuit, mère d’Éther (la Lumière céleste) et Héméra (le Jour).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Nyx in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Nyx, spelled N-Y-X.
Definition
- 1Déesse de la Nuit, mère d’Éther (la Lumière céleste) et Héméra (le Jour).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nyx appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De Chaos naît Érèbe l’obscur (le couchant, l’Europe, l’Occident) et Nyx la nuit. Érèbe et Nyx s’unissent, et Nyx enfante Éther Clair-Éclat, et Hèméré, la journée.
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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