goodnight

\ɡʊd ˈnaɪt\

/\ɡʊd ˈnaɪt\/ intj

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The verdict

“goodnight” is uncommon French (frequency #70,682 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,682
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de good night

Key facts for goodnight
PropertyValue
Headwordgoodnight
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\ɡʊd ˈnaɪt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “goodnight” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). goodnight lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

goodnight is uncommon French at frequency #70,682 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \ɡʊd ˈnaɪt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de good night".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for goodnight, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is goodnight, spelled G-O-O-D-N-I-G-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de good night

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goodnight"?
"goodnight" is spelled G-O-O-D-N-I-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʊd ˈnaɪt\.
What does "goodnight" mean?
As an interjection, "goodnight" means: Variante orthographique de good night
How do you pronounce "goodnight"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "goodnight" is \ɡʊd ˈnaɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "goodnight" come from?
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Using “goodnight”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is G-O-O-D-N-I-G-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡʊd ˈnaɪt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list