noche
\ˈno.t͡ʃe\
The verdict
“noche” is uncommon French (frequency #66,160 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,160
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nuit, moment pendant lequel il n’y a pas la lumière du jour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-noche · noche · French
noche · rank #66,160 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,160
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH niska
Nearest frequency peer: niska (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « noche »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Neustrie
Neustrie
33,845 corpus weight
- neuvaine
neuvaine
33,844 corpus weight
- niska
niska
33,842 corpus weight
- noche
noche
33,841 corpus weight
- Nomen
Nomen
33,839 corpus weight
- notifiés
notifiés
33,838 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « noche » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | noche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈno.t͡ʃe\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « noche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
noche is uncommon French at frequency #66,160 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈno.t͡ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for noche in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is noche, spelled N-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Nuit, moment pendant lequel il n’y a pas la lumière du jour.
- 2Soir, soirée.
- 3Obscurité, flou, en parlant d’une idée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how noche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Como cada noche desperté pensando en ti.
Nos vemos por la noche.
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.
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