night

\najt\

/\najt\/ noun

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The verdict

“night” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,742. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,742
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nightclub.

Corpus desk

Index FR-night · night · French

night · rank #8,742 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,742
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Niger

Nearest frequency peer: Niger (-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 « night »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « night » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

night vs Niort
40% similar
night vs niet
60% similar
night vs Niger
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for night
PropertyValue
Headwordnight
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\najt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,742
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « night »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nightse 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 « Niger » (#8,741), « obscurité » (#8,743), « natation » (#8,740). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « night » est au #8,742. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around night (IPA \najt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,742 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nightclub.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for night, with forms such as "inght", "ngiht", and "nigght". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Niort", "niet", "Niger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is night, spelled N-I-G-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nightclub.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans les nights, dans les nights, dans les nights Y a la vie qui s’ projette avec un scotch au cul Y a des mômes que l’on jette avec la rage au con Y a la mer qui déborde entre deux conneries pop Y a la mort qui jouit sur une Kawasaki Dans les nights, dans les nights, dans les nights.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inght
  • ngiht
  • nigght
  • nighht
  • nightt
  • nigth
  • nihgt
  • nnight

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of night - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inght2ngiht2nigght1nighht1nightt1nigth2nihgt2nnight1
Edit distance from "night"

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 "night"?
"night" is spelled N-I-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is \najt\.
What does "night" mean?
As a noun, "night" means: Nightclub.
What words are commonly confused with "night"?
"night" is commonly confused with "Niort", "niet", "Niger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "night"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "night" is \najt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "night" come from?
"night" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Niger#8,741peser#8,751jouez#8,729pénis#8,764

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

maigre8 variantspourvu8 variantsstylo8 variantsdanois8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list