aigle impérial
\ɛ.ɡl‿ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\
The verdict
“aigle impérial” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce d'oiseau rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, un grand aigle de l'Ancien Monde au plumage brun foncé avec des taches scapulaires blanches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aigle-imperial · aigle impérial · French
aigle impérial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aigle impérial |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ.ɡl‿ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aigle impérial” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
aigle impérial is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ.ɡl‿ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce d'oiseau rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, un grand aigle de l'Ancien Monde au plumage brun foncé avec des taches scapulaires blanches.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aigle impérial, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aigle impérial, spelled A-I-G-L-E- -I-M-P-É-R-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Espèce d'oiseau rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, un grand aigle de l'Ancien Monde au plumage brun foncé avec des taches scapulaires blanches.
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