de nuit
\də nɥi\
The verdict
“de nuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au cours de la nuit, pendant qu’il fait nuit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-nuit · de nuit · French
de nuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | de nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də nɥi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de nuit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de nuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au cours de la nuit, pendant qu’il fait nuit.".
Zero misspellings are on record for de nuit in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is de nuit, spelled D-E- -N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Au cours de la nuit, pendant qu’il fait nuit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de nuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette cité prend toute sa splendeur de nuit lorsque ses monuments s’illuminent.
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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.