éclipses solaires

\ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\

/\ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“éclipses solaires” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Pluriel de éclipse solaire.

Key facts for éclipses solaires
PropertyValue
Headwordéclipses solaires
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “éclipses solaires” sits in French frequency

éclipses solaires falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for éclipses solaires is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de éclipse solaire.".

No misspelling variants are generated for éclipses solaires in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is éclipses solaires, spelled É-C-L-I-P-S-E-S- -S-O-L-A-I-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de éclipse solaire.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "éclipses solaires"?
"éclipses solaires" is spelled É-C-L-I-P-S-E-S- -S-O-L-A-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\.
What does "éclipses solaires" mean?
As a noun, "éclipses solaires" means: Pluriel de éclipse solaire.
How do you pronounce "éclipses solaires"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éclipses solaires" is \ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “éclipses solaires”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is É-C-L-I-P-S-E-S- -S-O-L-A-I-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ek.lips sɔ.lɛʁ\ (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.

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