nuit

\nɥi\

/\nɥi\/ noun

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The verdict

“nuit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #356. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#356
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Période qui s’écoule entre le coucher de soleil et le lever du soleil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nuit · nuit · French

nuit · rank #356 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #356
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH notamment

Nearest frequency peer: notamment (-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 « nuit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nuit » 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).

nuit vs nul
50% similar
nuit vs nus
50% similar
nuit vs nuls
50% similar

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

Key facts for nuit
PropertyValue
Headwordnuit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nɥi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#356
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nuit »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nuitse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « notamment » (#355), « vont » (#357), « idée » (#354). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nuit » est au #356. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around nuit (IPA \nɥi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #356 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nuit, with forms such as "niut", "nnuit", and "nuitt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nul", "nus", "nuls", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nuit, spelled N-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Période qui s’écoule entre le coucher de soleil et le lever du soleil.
  2. 2
    Période quotidienne durant laquelle le soleil est sous notre horizon et qu'il fait noir.
  3. 3
    Obscurité, ténèbres.
  4. 4
    Symbole de destruction, d’oubli, de mort, de néant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous avions mis trois jours à l’œuvre, Varsovie n’eut besoin que d’une nuit, de la nuit du 29 novembre 1830 !
  2. Pendant la nuit, cet Éden des malheureux, elle échappait aux ennuis, aux tracasseries qu’elle avait à supporter durant la journée.

Synonyms

neuille

Antonyms

jour

This word in other languages

night(English)noche(Español)Nacht(Deutsch)noite(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • niut
  • nnuit
  • nuitt
  • nuti
  • unit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nuit - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

niut2nnuit1nuitt1nuti2unit2
Edit distance from "nuit"

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 "nuit"?
"nuit" is spelled N-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \nɥi\.
What does "nuit" mean?
As a noun, "nuit" means: Période qui s’écoule entre le coucher de soleil et le lever du soleil.
What words are commonly confused with "nuit"?
"nuit" is commonly confused with "nul", "nus", "nuls". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nuit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nuit" is \nɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nuit" come from?
"nuit" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vont#357idée#354tour#360êtes#362

Similar misspelling depth

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

haut5 variantscause5 variantsterre5 variantsmise5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list