nocturne
\nɔk.tyʁn\
The verdict
“nocturne” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,129
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a lieu ou qui arrive durant la nuit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nocturne · nocturne · French
nocturne · rank #8,129 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #8,129
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH monnaies
Nearest frequency peer: monnaies (-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 « nocturne »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Marx
Marx
91,875 corpus weight
- menti
menti
91,874 corpus weight
- monnaies
monnaies
91,873 corpus weight
- nocturne
nocturne
91,872 corpus weight
- otages
otages
91,871 corpus weight
- papillon
papillon
91,870 corpus weight
What this shows « nocturne » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nocturne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \nɔk.tyʁn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nocturne »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around nocturne (IPA \nɔk.tyʁn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,129 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for nocturne, with forms such as "ncoturne", "nnocturne", and "noccturne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "nocturnes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 nocturne, spelled N-O-C-T-U-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a lieu ou qui arrive durant la nuit.
- 2Qui est actif pendant la nuit.
- 3Dont les fleurs s’ouvrent dans l’obscurité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nocturne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On a des nouvelles de Paris du 16. Le bombardement nocturne continue. — Nocturne est un raffinement. On veut être sûr que les gens seront écrasés sous leurs maisons.
C’était la Cornuel qui leur avait conseillé cette expédition nocturne et ils n’avaient pas perdu de temps pour l’entreprendre.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ncoturne
- nnocturne
- noccturne
- noctrune
- noctturne
- noctunre
- nocturen
- nocturnne
- nocturrne
- nocutrne
- notcurne
- oncturne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nocturne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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