jour et nuit
\ʒu.ʁ‿e nɥi\
The verdict
“jour et nuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans cesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jour-et-nuit · jour et nuit · French
jour et nuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jour et nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ʒu.ʁ‿e nɥi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jour et nuit” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jour et nuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ʒu.ʁ‿e nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans cesse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jour et nuit, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jour et nuit, spelled J-O-U-R- -E-T- -N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Sans cesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jour et nuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet air qui m’obsède jour et nuit, cet air n’est pas né d’aujourd’hui Il vient d’aussi loin que je viens, traîné par cent mille musiciens.
Les travailleurs chargés de l’oxycoupage et leurs aides découpent jour et nuit des plaques d’acier sans masques, vêtements, gants ou chaussures de protection.
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