sommeiller
\sɔ.me.je\
The verdict
“sommeiller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dormir d’un sommeil léger, d’un sommeil imparfait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sommeiller · sommeiller · French
sommeiller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | sommeiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sɔ.me.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sommeiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sɔ.me.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sommeiller in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sommeiller, spelled S-O-M-M-E-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dormir d’un sommeil léger, d’un sommeil imparfait.
- 2Dormir.
- 3Être dans un état d’inactivité, d’inertie, en parlant de certaines choses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sommeiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa femme gardait Abel endormi. Moïna, posée sur la bergère comme un oiseau dans son nid, sommeillait insouciante.
Il accordait à son frère une grande habileté. Selon lui, ce gros garçon endormi ne sommeillait jamais que d’un œil, comme les chats à l’affût devant un trou de souris.
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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.