lunettes de soleil

\ly.nɛt də sɔ.lɛj\

/\ly.nɛt də sɔ.lɛj\/ noun

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The verdict

“lunettes 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
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lunettes qui servent à se protéger des rayons de la lumière, en particulier ceux du soleil.

Key facts for lunettes de soleil
PropertyValue
Headwordlunettes de soleil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ly.nɛt də sɔ.lɛj\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lunettes de soleil” sits in French frequency

lunettes de soleil 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

lunettes de soleil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ly.nɛt də sɔ.lɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lunettes qui servent à se protéger des rayons de la lumière, en particulier ceux du soleil.".

lunettes de soleil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lunettes de soleil, spelled L-U-N-E-T-T-E-S- -D-E- -S-O-L-E-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lunettes qui servent à se protéger des rayons de la lumière, en particulier ceux du soleil.

Synonyms

lunettes fuméeslunettes noires

This word in other languages

sunglasses(English)gafas de sol(Español)Sonnenbrille(Deutsch)

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 "lunettes de soleil"?
"lunettes de soleil" is spelled L-U-N-E-T-T-E-S- -D-E- -S-O-L-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ly.nɛt də sɔ.lɛj\.
What does "lunettes de soleil" mean?
As a noun, "lunettes de soleil" means: Lunettes qui servent à se protéger des rayons de la lumière, en particulier ceux du soleil.
How do you pronounce "lunettes de soleil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lunettes de soleil" is \ly.nɛt də sɔ.lɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lunettes de soleil" come from?
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Using “lunettes de soleil”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is L-U-N-E-T-T-E-S- -D-E- -S-O-L-E-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ly.nɛt də sɔ.lɛj\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list