pleine lune
\plɛn lyn\
The verdict
“pleine lune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phase du cycle lunaire au cours duquel la lune apparaît dans sa totalité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pleine-lune · pleine lune · French
pleine lune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pleine lune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plɛn lyn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pleine lune » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pleine lune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɛn lyn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Phase du cycle lunaire au cours duquel la lune apparaît dans sa totalité.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pleine lune in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pleine lune, spelled P-L-E-I-N-E- -L-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Phase du cycle lunaire au cours duquel la lune apparaît dans sa totalité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pleine lune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La pleine lune montait, là-bas, à l’Orient, derrière les dentelures assombries des montagnes de l’Aurès...
Or, c’était le temps de la pleine lune. Elle venait de franchir la ligne de l’horizon alors que le soleil n’avait pas atteint encore la fin de sa course. Si bien que l’on voyait, séparés par toute la voûte du firmament, l’un des astres gravir et l’autre descendre l’espace céleste.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.