NDLRvsNRConfusable pair

Which to use

“NDLR” and “NR” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,693
“NDLR” frequency rank
#24,692
“NR” frequency rank
40385
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature NDLR NR
Definition Note ajoutée dans une citation par la rédaction d’un article de presse. Note d’usage : Écrit au début ou à la fin d’une note ajoutée. Abréviation de nationalisme révolutionnaire, de national-révolutionnaire.

Where the eye mixes NDLR and NR

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
NDLR
2 ch
NR

Visual trap between NDLR and NR

A purely visual mix-up. NDLR (\ɛn.de.ɛ.l‿ɛʁ\) and NR (\ɛ.n‿ɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

NDLR is recorded at frequency rank #15,693, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛn.de.ɛ.l‿ɛʁ\. NR is at rank #24,692, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.n‿ɛʁ\.

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 40385, this pair ranks #240,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of NDLR vs NR

Shared letters: nr. Private to "NDLR": dl. Private to "NR": -.

"NDLR" · 4 letters · shape CCCC  ·  "NR" · 2 letters · shape CC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • NDLRdnlr · nddlr · ndllr · ndlrr · ndrl · nldr · nndlr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "NDLR" for "NR" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛn.de.ɛ.l‿ɛʁ\ versus \ɛ.n‿ɛʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "NDLR" or "NR" show up more?
"NDLR" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,693 in our French list, against #24,692 for "NR". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "NDLR" and "NR" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "NDLR" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "NR" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #240,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "NDLR" and "NR" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nop vs NR". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #240,915 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list