noctambule
\nɔk.tɑ̃.byl\
The verdict
“noctambule” is uncommon French (frequency #96,184 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,184
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne souffrant de noctambulisme, maladie entrainant chez le sujet le fait de marcher en dormant sans en garder le souvenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-noctambule · noctambule · French
noctambule · rank #96,184 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,184
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nivo
Nearest frequency peer: nivo (-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 « noctambule »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nite
nite
3,820 corpus weight
- Niue
Niue
3,819 corpus weight
- nivo
nivo
3,818 corpus weight
- noctambule
noctambule
3,817 corpus weight
- Nolte
Nolte
3,816 corpus weight
- nombrilisme
nombrilisme
3,815 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « noctambule » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | noctambule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔk.tɑ̃.byl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « noctambule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
noctambule is uncommon French at frequency #96,184 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔk.tɑ̃.byl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for noctambule in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is noctambule, spelled N-O-C-T-A-M-B-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Personne souffrant de noctambulisme, maladie entrainant chez le sujet le fait de marcher en dormant sans en garder le souvenir.
- 2Personne menant diverses activités, d'oisiveté ou d'amusement, pendant la nuit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how noctambule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un noctambule sortant de boite passablement éméché surprend la scène d’agression.
La place Pigalle, passé deux heures du matin, est le refuge des noctambules professionnels. Des musiciens, des nègres, des filles, des invertis se donnent rendez-vous dans les bars et voient souvent l'aube se lever sans que la chance leur ait souri.
This word in other languages
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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