nuit et jour
\nɥi.t‿e ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“nuit et jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans cesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nuit-et-jour · nuit et jour · French
nuit et jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuit et jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \nɥi.t‿e ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nuit et jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nuit et jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \nɥi.t‿e ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans cesse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nuit et jour in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nuit et jour, spelled N-U-I-T- -E-T- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Sans cesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nuit et jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que sont tous les harassements de la guerre, comparés aux pensées qui nuit et jour nous obsèdent ?
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.