Which to use
“nausée” is a noun and “navrée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,208
- “nausée” frequency rank
- #45,752
- “navrée” frequency rank
- 65960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nausée | navrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Envie de vomir. | Féminin singulier de navré. |
Where the eye mixes nausée and navrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between nausée and navrée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: nausée is \no.ze\ while navrée is \na.vʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nausée is recorded at frequency rank #20,208, classified as anoun, pronounced \no.ze\. navrée is at rank #45,752, tagged as anadj, pronounced \na.vʁe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 65960, this pair ranks #69,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nausée vs navrée
Shared letters: aené. Private to "nausée": su. Private to "navrée": rv.
"nausée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "navrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nausée" and "navrée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "nausée" vs "navrée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "nausée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "navrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nausée" and "navrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "navet vs navrée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #69,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.