Which to use
“nuitée” and “nuits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,481
- “nuitée” frequency rank
- #3,627
- “nuits” frequency rank
- 51108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nuitée | nuits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Durée d’une nuit, notamment pour le sommeil. | Pluriel de nuit. |
Where the eye mixes nuitée and nuits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. nuitée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against nuits's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between nuitée and nuits
A purely visual mix-up. nuitée (\nɥi.te\) and nuits (\nɥi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nuitée is recorded at frequency rank #47,481, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɥi.te\. 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 51108, this pair ranks #157,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nuitée vs nuits
Shared letters: intu. Private to "nuitée": eé. Private to "nuits": s.
"nuitée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "nuits" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nuits ← niuts · nnuits · nuist · nuitss · nuitts · nutis · units
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nuitée" and "nuits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "nuitée" or "nuits"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "nuitée" and "nuits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "nuitée" 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 #157,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nuitée" and "nuits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nuitée vs nuitées". 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 #157,524 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.