demi-nuit
\də.mi.nɥi\
The verdict
“demi-nuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faible clarté, spécialement au début ou à la fin de la nuit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demi-nuit · demi-nuit · French
demi-nuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | demi-nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.mi.nɥi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
demi-nuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.mi.nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faible clarté, spécialement au début ou à la fin de la nuit.".
Zero misspellings are on record for demi-nuit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 demi-nuit, spelled D-E-M-I---N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Faible clarté, spécialement au début ou à la fin de la nuit.
Antonyms
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.