break of dawn
The verdict
“break of dawn” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de dawn (aube, heure du lever du soleil).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | break of dawn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “break of dawn” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
break of dawn is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de dawn (aube, heure du lever du soleil).".
No misspelling variants are generated for break of dawn in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is break of dawn, spelled B-R-E-A-K- -O-F- -D-A-W-N.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de dawn (aube, heure du lever du soleil).
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 “break of dawn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-R-E-A-K- -O-F- -D-A-W-N - 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.