privation de sommeil
\pʁi.va.sjɔ̃ də sɔ.mɛj\
The verdict
“privation de sommeil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de provoquer un manque de sommeil, d’empêcher de dormir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-privation-de-sommeil · privation de sommeil · French
privation de sommeil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | privation de sommeil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁi.va.sjɔ̃ də sɔ.mɛj\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « privation de sommeil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
privation de sommeil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁi.va.sjɔ̃ də sɔ.mɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fait de provoquer un manque de sommeil, d’empêcher de dormir.".
privation de sommeil has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is privation de sommeil, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-I-O-N- -D-E- -S-O-M-M-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Fait de provoquer un manque de sommeil, d’empêcher de dormir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how privation de sommeil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a été prouvé que la privation de sommeil entraîne une baisse de la résistance aux distractibilités visuelle et auditive (Harrison et Horne, 2000b).
Dans une plainte adressée aux autorités et publiée, jeudi 25 mars, sur son site, l’opposant russe a expliqué être réveillé « huit fois par nuit » par ses geôliers. « Il s’agit de facto d’un recours à la torture par privation de sommeil », a-t-il écrit.
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.