Which to use
“nudité” and “nuits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,687
- “nudité” frequency rank
- #3,627
- “nuits” frequency rank
- 20314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nudité | nuits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État d’une personne qui est nue. | Pluriel de nuit. |
Where the eye mixes nudité and nuits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses nudité with nuits
A purely visual mix-up. nudité (\ny.di.te\) and nuits (\nɥi\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nudité is recorded at frequency rank #16,687, classified as anoun, pronounced \ny.di.te\. nuits is at rank #3,627, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɥi\.
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 20314, this pair ranks #368,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nudité vs nuits
Shared letters: intu. Private to "nudité": dé. Private to "nuits": s.
"nudité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "nuits" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nuits ← niuts · nnuits · nuist · nuitss · nuitts · nutis · units
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nudité" and "nuits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "nudité" or "nuits" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "nudité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nuits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nudité" and "nuits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nudité vs nuitée". 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 #368,897 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.