service de nuit
\sɛʁ.vis də nɥi\
The verdict
“service 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travail durant la nuit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-service-de-nuit · service de nuit · French
service de nuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | service de nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.vis də nɥi\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « service de nuit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
service de nuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ.vis də nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
service de nuit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is service de nuit, spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Travail durant la nuit.
- 2Redirection des appels entrants vers un répondeur ou un autre numéro lorsque l’organisation est fermée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how service de nuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En parallèle, le service de surveillance est également uniformisé : le réveil des détenus est assuré par les agents de service de nuit ; l’appel du matin a lieu 25 minutes après le lever des détenus ; l’appel du soir a lieu 10 minutes après leur coucher ; et il est accordé 1 heure 30 de pause aux agents pour chacun de leurs deux repas.
Dans quelques minutes, ils vont prendre leur service de nuit et sillonner les rues de Rennes jusqu’à 6 h du matin.
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.