Roi-Soleil
\ʁwa.sɔ.lɛj\
The verdict
“Roi-Soleil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Louis XIV.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Roi-Soleil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁwa.sɔ.lɛj\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Roi-Soleil” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Roi-Soleil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁwa.sɔ.lɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Louis XIV.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Roi-Soleil in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Roi-Soleil, spelled R-O-I---S-O-L-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Louis XIV.
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.
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Using “Roi-Soleil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-O-I---S-O-L-E-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁwa.sɔ.lɛj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.