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 May 6, 2026) - Table placée à la tête du lit, sur laquelle peuvent être posés entre autres un livre de chevet et une lampe de chevet.
| 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) |
Where “table de nuit” sits in French frequency
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.
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.
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Using “table de nuit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-B-L-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tabl də nɥi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.