soleil couchant
\sɔ.lɛj ku.ʃɑ̃\
The verdict
“soleil couchant” 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 May 6, 2026) - Le Soleil quand il est près de descendre sous l’horizon.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soleil couchant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔ.lɛj ku.ʃɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soleil couchant” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
soleil couchant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔ.lɛj ku.ʃɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for soleil couchant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is soleil couchant, spelled S-O-L-E-I-L- -C-O-U-C-H-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Le Soleil quand il est près de descendre sous l’horizon.
- 2Meuble représentant dans les armoiries un soleil partiellement visible comme mouvant de l’angle senestre du chef. À rapprocher de ombre de soleil, soleil, soleil éclipsé, soleil éteint, soleil levant, soleil non figuré, soleil rayonnant, soleil vidé et soleil virgulé.
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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.
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Using “soleil couchant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-L-E-I-L- -C-O-U-C-H-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɔ.lɛj ku.ʃɑ̃\ (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.