aigle barbu
\ɛ.ɡlə baʁ.by\
The verdict
“aigle barbu” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de pygargue à queue blanche (oiseau).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aigle barbu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ.ɡlə baʁ.by\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aigle barbu” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for aigle barbu is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ.ɡlə baʁ.by\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Synonyme de pygargue à queue blanche (oiseau).".
No misspelling variants are generated for aigle barbu in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is aigle barbu, spelled A-I-G-L-E- -B-A-R-B-U.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de pygargue à queue blanche (oiseau).
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 “aigle barbu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-I-G-L-E- -B-A-R-B-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ.ɡlə baʁ.by\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.