papillon de nuit
\pa.pi.jɔ̃ də nɥi\
The verdict
“papillon de nuit” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Papillon nocturne, appartenant souvent à la famille des Noctuidae.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | papillon de nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.pi.jɔ̃ də nɥi\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “papillon de nuit” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for papillon de nuit is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.pi.jɔ̃ də nɥi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Papillon nocturne, appartenant souvent à la famille des Noctuidae.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for papillon de nuit, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is papillon de nuit, spelled P-A-P-I-L-L-O-N- -D-E- -N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Papillon nocturne, appartenant souvent à la famille des Noctuidae.
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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.
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Using “papillon de nuit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-P-I-L-L-O-N- -D-E- -N-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.