poste de nuit

\pɔst də nɥi\

/\pɔst də nɥi\/ noun

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The verdict

“poste de nuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Journée de travail qui a lieu la nuit.

Key facts for poste de nuit
PropertyValue
Headwordposte de nuit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔst də nɥi\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “poste de nuit” sits in French frequency

poste de nuit falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

poste de nuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔst də nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Journée de travail qui a lieu la nuit.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for poste de nuit, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is poste de nuit, spelled P-O-S-T-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Journée de travail qui a lieu la nuit.

Antonyms

poste de jourposte de soir

This word in other languages

graveyard shift(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poste de nuit"?
"poste de nuit" is spelled P-O-S-T-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔst də nɥi\.
What does "poste de nuit" mean?
As a noun, "poste de nuit" means: Journée de travail qui a lieu la nuit.
How do you pronounce "poste de nuit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poste de nuit" is \pɔst də nɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poste de nuit" come from?
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Using “poste de nuit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-O-S-T-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pɔst də nɥi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list