sommeils
\sɔ.mɛj\
The verdict
“sommeils” is uncommon French (frequency #87,172 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,172
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de sommeil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sommeils · sommeils · French
sommeils · rank #87,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,172
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Somers
Nearest frequency peer: Somers (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « sommeils »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- soluce
soluce
12,832 corpus weight
- Somers
Somers
12,830 corpus weight
- sommeils
sommeils
12,829 corpus weight
- soso
soso
12,828 corpus weight
- soudoyé
soudoyé
12,827 corpus weight
- soulas
soulas
12,826 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sommeils » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sommeils |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔ.mɛj\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sommeils » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sommeils is uncommon French at frequency #87,172 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔ.mɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de sommeil.".
sommeils doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sommeils, spelled S-O-M-M-E-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de sommeil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sommeils appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Débondons-nous, ruisseaux, pour arroser le temps : que se désenluminent les hommes, que tournoient sans trêve les astres, tes yeux bleuissent encore, pâles dans mon âme depuis huit ans, et comme crucifiés sur mes sommeils.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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