bonne nuit

\bɔn nɥi\

/\bɔn nɥi\/ intj

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The verdict

“bonne nuit” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.

Key facts for bonne nuit
PropertyValue
Headwordbonne nuit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\bɔn nɥi\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bonne nuit” sits in French frequency

bonne nuit falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bonne nuit is 10 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔn 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: "Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bonne nuit, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bonne nuit, spelled B-O-N-N-E- -N-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.

Synonyms

nenuit

This word in other languages

good night(English)buenas noches(Español)gute Nacht(Deutsch)boa noite(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bonne nuit"?
"bonne nuit" is spelled B-O-N-N-E- -N-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔn nɥi\.
What does "bonne nuit" mean?
As an interjection, "bonne nuit" means: Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "bonne nuit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bonne nuit" is \bɔn nɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bonne nuit" come from?
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Using “bonne nuit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-O-N-N-E- -N-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bɔn 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list