bête de nuit
\bɛt də nɥi\
The verdict
“bête 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne active la nuit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bête de nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛt də nɥi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bête de nuit” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bête de nuit is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɛt də nɥi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Personne active la nuit.".
bête de nuit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bête de nuit, spelled B-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Personne active la nuit.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bête de nuit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.