somnoler
\sɔm.nɔ.le\
The verdict
“somnoler” is uncommon French (frequency #86,195 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,195
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être dans un état de somnolence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-somnoler · somnoler · French
somnoler · rank #86,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,195
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH soliloque
Nearest frequency peer: soliloque (-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 « somnoler »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sociabiliser
sociabiliser
13,809 corpus weight
- solidifié
solidifié
13,808 corpus weight
- soliloque
soliloque
13,807 corpus weight
- somnoler
somnoler
13,806 corpus weight
- sonnés
sonnés
13,805 corpus weight
- souffleurs
souffleurs
13,804 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « somnoler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | somnoler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sɔm.nɔ.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « somnoler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
somnoler is uncommon French at frequency #86,195 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \sɔm.nɔ.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être dans un état de somnolence.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for somnoler, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is somnoler, spelled S-O-M-N-O-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Être dans un état de somnolence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how somnoler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout en somnolant, en s'étirant, en maugréant, la nuit se passe et, à 6 heures ce matin du 20, nous débarquons à 500 m de Bussy-le-Repos où nous allons cantonner.
Rompu par toutes ses émotions, Victor somnole un temps, à peine réveillé par un premier arrêt. « Nouzonville » a murmuré son voisin. C'est à la gare suivante : Bogny-sur-Meuse, qu'il reprend lentement ses esprits.
This word in other languages
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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