Which to use
“nuit” and “nuits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #356
- “nuit” frequency rank
- #3,627
- “nuits” frequency rank
- 3983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nuit | nuits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Période qui s’écoule entre le coucher de soleil et le lever du soleil. | Pluriel de nuit. |
Same sound, different letters: nuit vs nuits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: nuit vs nuits
This is the hard kind. nuit and nuits are pronounced identically (\nɥi\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “nuit” sits inside “nuits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nuit is recorded at frequency rank #356, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɥi\. nuits is at rank #3,627, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɥi\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 3983, this pair ranks #432,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nuit vs nuits
Shared letters: intu. Private to "nuit": -. Private to "nuits": s.
"nuit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "nuits" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "nuit" / "nuits". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "nuit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nuits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nuit" and "nuits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nis vs nuits". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #432,735 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.