twilight

/\ˈtwaɪ.laɪt\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,879

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

twilight is aFrenchnoun. It means: Aube, aurore, ou en particulier crépuscule, faible lumière observable dans le ciel observable avant le lever de soleil, ou en particulier le coucher de soleil. Pronounced \ˈtwaɪ.laɪt\.

Key facts for twilight
PropertyValue
Headwordtwilight
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈtwaɪ.laɪt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,879
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of twilight in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for twilight is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈtwaɪ.laɪt\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,879 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for twilight, with forms such as "tiwlight", "ttwilight", and "twiilght". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is twilight, spelled T-W-I-L-I-G-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aube, aurore, ou en particulier crépuscule, faible lumière observable dans le ciel observable avant le lever de soleil, ou en particulier le coucher de soleil.
  2. 2
    Heure à laquelle cette lumière est visible, période de transition entre le jour et la nuit et vice versa.
  3. 3
    Demi-jour, pénombre ; faible clarté.
  4. 4
    Heure à laquelle le soleil se trouve à moins de 18° sous l’horizon.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: tiwlight,ttwilight,twiilght,twilgiht,twiligght,twilighht,twilightt,twiligth,twilihgt,twillight,twliight,twwilight,wtilight

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for twilight

Misspelling Variants of "twilight"

tiwlight8ttwilight9twiilght8twilgiht8twiligght9twilighht9twilightt9twiligth8
Misspelling Variants of "twilight"

Frequency rank: #20,879 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "twilight"?
"twilight" is spelled T-W-I-L-I-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈtwaɪ.laɪt\.
What does "twilight" mean?
As a noun, "twilight" means: Aube, aurore, ou en particulier crépuscule, faible lumière observable dans le ciel observable avant le lever de soleil, ou en particulier le coucher de soleil.
What are common misspellings of "twilight"?
Common misspellings include "tiwlight", "ttwilight", "twiilght", "twilgiht", "twiligght". The correct spelling is "twilight".
How do you pronounce "twilight"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "twilight" is \ˈtwaɪ.laɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "twilight" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.