sommeil de mort
The verdict
“sommeil de mort” 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) - Très profond sommeil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sommeil-de-mort · sommeil de mort · French
sommeil de mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | sommeil de mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sommeil de mort » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sommeil de mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très profond sommeil.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sommeil de mort in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sommeil de mort, spelled S-O-M-M-E-I-L- -D-E- -M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Très profond sommeil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sommeil de mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le village s’endormait d’un lourd sommeil de mort.
Synonyms
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.