belle-de-nuit
\bɛl.də.nɥi\
The verdict
“belle-de-nuit” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire de Mirabilis jalapa plante exotique de la famille des Nyctaginaceae, dont les fleurs, qui ressemblent à celles du liseron, ne s’épanouissent guère qu’après le coucher du soleil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belle-de-nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛl.də.nɥi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “belle-de-nuit” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for belle-de-nuit is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɛl.də.nɥi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for belle-de-nuit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is belle-de-nuit, spelled B-E-L-L-E---D-E---N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire de Mirabilis jalapa plante exotique de la famille des Nyctaginaceae, dont les fleurs, qui ressemblent à celles du liseron, ne s’épanouissent guère qu’après le coucher du soleil.
- 2Nom vernaculaire de Ipomoea violacea plante annuelle de la famille des Convolvulaceae dont les fleurs s'ouvrent la nuit.
- 3Nom vernaculaire de Epiphyllum oxypetalum, plante de la famille des Cactaceae, nommé ainsi car sa fleur s’ouvre la nuit.
- 4Prostituée.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “belle-de-nuit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-E-L-L-E---D-E---N-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɛl.də.nɥi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.