solstice d’été
\sɔl.stis d‿e.te\
The verdict
“solstice d’été” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Évènement dans une année où le soleil est arrivé à son plus petit éloignement du pôle nord. Milieu de l’été astronomique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-solstice-d-ete · solstice d’été · French
solstice d’été · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | solstice d’été |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔl.stis d‿e.te\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “solstice d’été” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
solstice d’été is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔl.stis d‿e.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for solstice d’été, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is solstice d’été, spelled S-O-L-S-T-I-C-E- -D-’-É-T-É.
Definition
- 1Évènement dans une année où le soleil est arrivé à son plus petit éloignement du pôle nord. Milieu de l’été astronomique.
- 2Jour comprenant cet évènement, dont la durée du jour est la plus longue, et donc la nuit la plus courte. Dans l’hémisphère nord le solstice d’été varie d’une année sur l’autre entre le 20 et le 21 juin.
- 3Moment de la vie à partir duquel le nombre des jours restant à vivre commence à diminuer.
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