lune de miel

\lyn də mjɛl\

/\lyn də mjɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“lune de miel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Période d’un mois, ou lunaison, suivant les noces.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lune-de-miel · lune de miel · French

lune de miel · 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 "L" 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 lune de miel
PropertyValue
Headwordlune de miel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lyn də mjɛl\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lune de miel” sits in French frequency

lune de miel 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.

Rare enough to double-check

lune de miel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lyn də mjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

lune de miel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 lune de miel, spelled L-U-N-E- -D-E- -M-I-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Période d’un mois, ou lunaison, suivant les noces.
  2. 2
    Période idyllique, de durée variable, suivant un mariage.
  3. 3
    Voyage de noces.
  4. 4
    Période euphorique marquant le début d'un engagement et généralement suivie d'un désenchantement.
  5. 5
    Période de sérénité et de bonne entente suivant la nomination d'une personne à un poste important
  6. 6
    Période de popularité, de durée plus ou moins longue, suivant l'élection d'un gouvernement.
  7. 7
    Période de rémission temporaire de la maladie de Parkinson.

This word in other languages

honeymoon(English)luna de miel(Español)Flitterwochen(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lune de miel"?
"lune de miel" is spelled L-U-N-E- -D-E- -M-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \lyn də mjɛl\.
What does "lune de miel" mean?
As a noun, "lune de miel" means: Période d’un mois, ou lunaison, suivant les noces.
How do you pronounce "lune de miel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lune de miel" is \lyn də mjɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lune de miel" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list