sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes
\sɔ.ne o.bwɑ ʁe.zɔ.ne my.zɛt\
The verdict
“sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 34
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Marque l’avènement d’une chose attendue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sonnez-hautbois-resonnez · sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes · French
sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 34 letters
- VOW-12 12 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 | sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \sɔ.ne o.bwɑ ʁe.zɔ.ne my.zɛt\ |
| Letters | 34 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \sɔ.ne o.bwɑ ʁe.zɔ.ne my.zɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ou Marque l’avènement d’une chose attendue.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes, spelled S-O-N-N-E-Z- -H-A-U-T-B-O-I-S-,- -R-É-S-O-N-N-E-Z- -M-U-S-E-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1ou Marque l’avènement d’une chose attendue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est officiel. Sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes! Le mot «anticonstitutionnellement» n’est plus le mot le plus long de la langue française.
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.