soirée pyjama

\swa.ʁe pi.ʒa.ma\

/\swa.ʁe pi.ʒa.ma\/ noun

The verdict

“soirée pyjama” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Soirée de fête privée dans laquelle les participants sont vêtus d’un pyjama, et veillent tard dans la soirée et la nuit, parlant et jouant jusqu’à être gagnés par le sommeil, le plus souvent par de...

Key facts for soirée pyjama
PropertyValue
Headwordsoirée pyjama
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\swa.ʁe pi.ʒa.ma\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “soirée pyjama” sits in French frequency

soirée pyjama 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for soirée pyjama is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \swa.ʁe pi.ʒa.ma\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Soirée de fête privée dans laquelle les participants sont vêtus d’un pyjama, et veillent tard dans la soirée et la nuit, parlant et jouant jusqu’à être gagnés par le sommeil, le plus souvent par de...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for soirée pyjama in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is soirée pyjama, spelled S-O-I-R-É-E- -P-Y-J-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soirée de fête privée dans laquelle les participants sont vêtus d’un pyjama, et veillent tard dans la soirée et la nuit, parlant et jouant jusqu’à être gagnés par le sommeil, le plus souvent par des jeunes filles.

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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 "soirée pyjama"?
"soirée pyjama" is spelled S-O-I-R-É-E- -P-Y-J-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \swa.ʁe pi.ʒa.ma\.
What does "soirée pyjama" mean?
As a noun, "soirée pyjama" means: Soirée de fête privée dans laquelle les participants sont vêtus d’un pyjama, et veillent tard dans la soirée et la nuit, parlant et jouant jusqu’à être gagnés par le sommeil, le plus souvent par de...
How do you pronounce "soirée pyjama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soirée pyjama" is \swa.ʁe pi.ʒa.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soirée pyjama" come from?
"soirée pyjama" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “soirée pyjama”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-I-R-É-E- -P-Y-J-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \swa.ʁe pi.ʒa.ma\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list