alouette des champs

\a.lwɛt dɛ ʃɑ̃\

/\a.lwɛt dɛ ʃɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“alouette des champs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce d'oiseau, alouette de l'Ancien Monde, à crête érectile, au plumage dorsal brun strié de brun-noirâtre et aux rectrices externes de la queue tachetées de blanc.

Key facts for alouette des champs
PropertyValue
Headwordalouette des champs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.lwɛt dɛ ʃɑ̃\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “alouette des champs” sits in French frequency

alouette des champs falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alouette des champs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.lwɛt dɛ ʃɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce d'oiseau, alouette de l'Ancien Monde, à crête érectile, au plumage dorsal brun strié de brun-noirâtre et aux rectrices externes de la queue tachetées de blanc.".

alouette des champs has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is alouette des champs, spelled A-L-O-U-E-T-T-E- -D-E-S- -C-H-A-M-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce d'oiseau, alouette de l'Ancien Monde, à crête érectile, au plumage dorsal brun strié de brun-noirâtre et aux rectrices externes de la queue tachetées de blanc.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alouette des champs"?
"alouette des champs" is spelled A-L-O-U-E-T-T-E- -D-E-S- -C-H-A-M-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lwɛt dɛ ʃɑ̃\.
What does "alouette des champs" mean?
As a noun, "alouette des champs" means: Espèce d'oiseau, alouette de l'Ancien Monde, à crête érectile, au plumage dorsal brun strié de brun-noirâtre et aux rectrices externes de la queue tachetées de blanc.
How do you pronounce "alouette des champs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alouette des champs" is \a.lwɛt dɛ ʃɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alouette des champs" come from?
"alouette des champs" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “alouette des champs”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-L-O-U-E-T-T-E- -D-E-S- -C-H-A-M-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.lwɛt dɛ ʃɑ̃\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list