coucher de soleil

\ku.ʃe də sɔ.lɛj\

/\ku.ʃe də sɔ.lɛj\/ noun

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The verdict

“coucher de soleil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Moment où le soleil se couche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coucher-de-soleil · coucher de soleil · French

coucher de soleil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for coucher de soleil
PropertyValue
Headwordcoucher de soleil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ʃe də sɔ.lɛj\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coucher de soleil” sits in French frequency

coucher de soleil 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.

Rare enough to double-check

coucher de soleil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ʃe də sɔ.lɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for coucher de soleil, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coucher de soleil, spelled C-O-U-C-H-E-R- -D-E- -S-O-L-E-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Moment où le soleil se couche.
  2. 2
    Peinture ou photographie représentant un paysage ou une scène au moment où le soleil se couche.
  3. 3
    Ce qui décline, ce qui est près de disparaître.

Antonyms

lever de soleil

This word in other languages

sunset(English)atardecer(Español)Sonnenuntergang(Deutsch)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coucher de soleil"?
"coucher de soleil" is spelled C-O-U-C-H-E-R- -D-E- -S-O-L-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʃe də sɔ.lɛj\.
What does "coucher de soleil" mean?
As a noun, "coucher de soleil" means: Moment où le soleil se couche.
How do you pronounce "coucher de soleil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coucher de soleil" is \ku.ʃe də sɔ.lɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coucher de soleil" come from?
"coucher de soleil" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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