daylight

\ˈdeɪlaɪt\

/\ˈdeɪlaɪt\/ noun

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The verdict

“daylight” is uncommon French (frequency #95,784 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,784
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lumière du soleil, par opposition à une autre source de lumière ; lumière du jour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-daylight · daylight · French

daylight · rank #95,784 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,784
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH daya

Nearest frequency peer: daya (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « daylight »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « daylight » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for daylight
PropertyValue
Headworddaylight
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈdeɪlaɪt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,784
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « daylight » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.daylighttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « daya » (#95,783), « danubiennes » (#95,781), « dalmatien » (#95,780). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « daylight » est au #95,784. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

daylight is uncommon French at frequency #95,784 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈdeɪlaɪt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for daylight in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 daylight, spelled D-A-Y-L-I-G-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lumière du soleil, par opposition à une autre source de lumière ; lumière du jour.
  2. 2
    Source de lumière imitant la lumière du jour.
  3. 3
    Répartition de l’intensité de la lumière générée par le soleil (ou par d’autres sources de lumière destinées à simuler la lumière du jour naturelle) dans le spectre visible dans diverses conditions.
  4. 4
    Jour ; période entre le lever et le coucher du soleil.
  5. 5
    Point du jour ; aube.
  6. 6
    Espace ouvert.
  7. 7
    Lumière ; espace entre les plateaux d’une presse ou d’un mécanisme analogue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how daylight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Five seconds under nominal, Captain.” Kelly held up the watch. “These boys are pretty good.” “Except we’re not doing it in daylight, are we, Mr. Clark?” Albie, like Kelly, knew the nature of the mission.
  2. He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.

Synonyms

daytimedaylightdaybreakbreak of dawnbreak of daycrack of dawn

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "daylight"?
"daylight" is spelled D-A-Y-L-I-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdeɪlaɪt\.
What does "daylight" mean?
As a noun, "daylight" means: Lumière du soleil, par opposition à une autre source de lumière ; lumière du jour.
How do you pronounce "daylight"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daylight" is \ˈdeɪlaɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "daylight", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

devinant#95,798cuisants#95,766Croisset#95,763dupliqué#95,817

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list