sommeil éternel
\sɔ.mɛ.j‿e.tɛʁ.nɛl\
The verdict
“sommeil éternel” 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mort.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sommeil éternel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔ.mɛ.j‿e.tɛʁ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sommeil éternel” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sommeil éternel is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɔ.mɛ.j‿e.tɛʁ.nɛl\. 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: "Mort.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sommeil éternel in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sommeil éternel, spelled S-O-M-M-E-I-L- -É-T-E-R-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Mort.
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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 “sommeil éternel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-M-M-E-I-L- -É-T-E-R-N-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɔ.mɛ.j‿e.tɛʁ.nɛl\ (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.