daylight
\ˈdeɪlaɪt\
The verdict
“daylight” is uncommon French (frequency #95,784 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,784
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lumière du soleil, par opposition à une autre source de lumière ; lumière du jour.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daylight |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈdeɪlaɪt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “daylight” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
daylight is uncommon French at frequency #95,784 among 404,891 “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
- 1Lumière du soleil, par opposition à une autre source de lumière ; lumière du jour.
- 2Source de lumière imitant la lumière du jour.
- 3Répartition 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.
- 4Jour ; période entre le lever et le coucher du soleil.
- 5Point du jour ; aube.
- 6Espace ouvert.
- 7Lumière ; espace entre les plateaux d’une presse ou d’un mécanisme analogue.
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.
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Using “daylight”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-Y-L-I-G-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈdeɪlaɪt\ (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.