table de nuit
\tabl də nɥi\
The verdict
“table de nuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Table placée à la tête du lit, sur laquelle peuvent être posés entre autres un livre de chevet et une lampe de chevet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-table-de-nuit · table de nuit · French
table de nuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | table de nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tabl də nɥi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « table de nuit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
table de nuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tabl də nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Table placée à la tête du lit, sur laquelle peuvent être posés entre autres un livre de chevet et une lampe de chevet.".
table de nuit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 table de nuit, spelled T-A-B-L-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Table placée à la tête du lit, sur laquelle peuvent être posés entre autres un livre de chevet et une lampe de chevet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how table de nuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Maman avait fait enlever la table de nuit qu’il y avait entre les lits jumeaux et les avait rapprochés, à la française.
Les discrètes tables de nuit d’acajou recèlent jusqu’au matin les urines colorées ou pâles, claires ou troubles ; sur leur tablette trône le flacon de fleur d’oranger.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.