noon
\ˈnun\
The verdict
“noon” is uncommon French (frequency #56,783 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,783
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Midi, période durant laquelle le soleil est à son zénith.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | noon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈnun\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,783 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “noon” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
noon is uncommon French at frequency #56,783 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈnun\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for noon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is noon, spelled N-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1Midi, période durant laquelle le soleil est à son zénith.
- 2Minuit.
- 3Acmé, culmination, point le plus haut.
- 4Neuvième heure de la journée comptée depuis le levé du soleil ; à peu près 15 heures.
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Antonyms
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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Using “noon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-O-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈnun\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.