fleur de soleil

\flœʁ də sɔ.lɛj\

/\flœʁ də sɔ.lɛj\/ noun

The verdict

“fleur de soleil” 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) - Synonyme de tournesol.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fleur-de-soleil · fleur de soleil · French

fleur de soleil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" 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.

Key facts for fleur de soleil
PropertyValue
Headwordfleur de soleil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flœʁ də sɔ.lɛj\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fleur de soleil » en français

fleur de soleilreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

fleur de soleil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flœʁ də sɔ.lɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de tournesol.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fleur de soleil, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fleur de soleil, spelled F-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -S-O-L-E-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de tournesol.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fleur de soleil"?
"fleur de soleil" is spelled F-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -S-O-L-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \flœʁ də sɔ.lɛj\.
What does "fleur de soleil" mean?
As a noun, "fleur de soleil" means: Synonyme de tournesol.
How do you pronounce "fleur de soleil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fleur de soleil" is \flœʁ də sɔ.lɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fleur de soleil" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list