moonlight

noun

The verdict

“moonlight” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,378
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lumière de la lune, clair de lune.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moonlight · moonlight · French

moonlight · rank #40,378 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,378
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mondialiste

Nearest frequency peer: mondialiste (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « moonlight »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « moonlight » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for moonlight
PropertyValue
Headwordmoonlight
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#40,378
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moonlight »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).moonlightse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mondialiste » (#40,377), « munch » (#40,379), « moite » (#40,376). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moonlight » est au #40,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around moonlight, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,378 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lumière de la lune, clair de lune.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for moonlight, with forms such as "mmoonlight", "monlight", and "monolight". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is moonlight, spelled M-O-O-N-L-I-G-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lumière de la lune, clair de lune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how moonlight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The moonlight flooded the fields.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoonlight
  • monlight
  • monolight
  • moolnight
  • moonilght
  • moonlgiht
  • moonligght
  • moonlighht
  • moonlightt
  • moonligth
  • moonlihgt
  • moonllight
  • moonnlight
  • omonlight

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moonlight - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmoonlight1monlight1monolight2moolnight2moonilght2moonlgiht2moonligght1moonlighht1
Edit distance from "moonlight"

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 "moonlight"?
"moonlight" is spelled M-O-O-N-L-I-G-H-T.
What does "moonlight" mean?
As a noun, "moonlight" means: Lumière de la lune, clair de lune.
What are common misspellings of "moonlight"?
Common misspellings include "mmoonlight", "monlight", "monolight", "moolnight", "moonilght". The correct spelling is "moonlight".
What language does "moonlight" come from?
"moonlight" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "moonlight", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list