casseux de veillée
The verdict
“casseux de veillée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rabat-joie
Corpus desk
Index FR-casseux-de-veillee · casseux de veillée · French
casseux de veillée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | casseux de veillée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « casseux de veillée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
casseux de veillée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rabat-joie".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for casseux de veillée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is casseux de veillée, spelled C-A-S-S-E-U-X- -D-E- -V-E-I-L-L-É-E.
Definition
- 1Rabat-joie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how casseux de veillée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'était à qui danserait, jouerait ou chanterait avec le plus d’entrain. Les casseux-de-veillée comme moi n'étaient pas populaires. Mais comme j'étais "nouveau", on me pardonnait.
Pas question de passer pour un casseux ou une casseuse de veillée ! Question de préséance toujours, l'intendant Dupuy rentre en France après deux ans. Devinez pourquoi? Il ne s'entend pas avec le Gouverneur de Beauharnois […].
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.