nenuit
\nə.nɥi\
The verdict
“nenuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nenuit · nenuit · French
nenuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nenuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \nə.nɥi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nenuit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nenuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \nə.nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.".
nenuit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 nenuit, spelled N-E-N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Se dit avant de se coucher pour souhaiter une bonne nuit à quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nenuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nenuit twitwi...du love et des paillettes intersidérales!😘
Allez je vais dodo. Nenuit les gens du forum :)
Synonyms
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.