éclipse solaire
\ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“éclipse solaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Évènement quand la Lune se place devant le Soleil, occultant totalement ou partiellement l'image du Soleil depuis la Terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eclipse-solaire · éclipse solaire · French
éclipse solaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | éclipse solaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éclipse solaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éclipse solaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Évènement quand la Lune se place devant le Soleil, occultant totalement ou partiellement l'image du Soleil depuis la Terre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for éclipse solaire in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is éclipse solaire, spelled É-C-L-I-P-S-E- -S-O-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Évènement quand la Lune se place devant le Soleil, occultant totalement ou partiellement l'image du Soleil depuis la Terre.
This word in other languages
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.