balbuzard pêcheur

\bal.by.zaʁ pɛ.ʃœʁ\

/\bal.by.zaʁ pɛ.ʃœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce d’oiseau rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, piscivore de taille moyenne au ventre blanc, ainsi que la tête qui présente sur les yeux une bande sombre.

Key facts for balbuzard pêcheur
PropertyValue
Headwordbalbuzard pêcheur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bal.by.zaʁ pɛ.ʃœʁ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “balbuzard pêcheur” sits in French frequency

balbuzard pêcheur 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

balbuzard pêcheur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bal.by.zaʁ pɛ.ʃœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce d’oiseau rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, piscivore de taille moyenne au ventre blanc, ainsi que la tête qui présente sur les yeux une bande sombre.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for balbuzard pêcheur, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is balbuzard pêcheur, spelled B-A-L-B-U-Z-A-R-D- -P-Ê-C-H-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce d’oiseau rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, piscivore de taille moyenne au ventre blanc, ainsi que la tête qui présente sur les yeux une bande sombre.

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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 "balbuzard pêcheur"?
"balbuzard pêcheur" is spelled B-A-L-B-U-Z-A-R-D- -P-Ê-C-H-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bal.by.zaʁ pɛ.ʃœʁ\.
What does "balbuzard pêcheur" mean?
As a noun, "balbuzard pêcheur" means: Espèce d’oiseau rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, piscivore de taille moyenne au ventre blanc, ainsi que la tête qui présente sur les yeux une bande sombre.
How do you pronounce "balbuzard pêcheur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balbuzard pêcheur" is \bal.by.zaʁ pɛ.ʃœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balbuzard pêcheur" come from?
"balbuzard pêcheur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “balbuzard pêcheur”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-L-B-U-Z-A-R-D- -P-Ê-C-H-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bal.by.zaʁ pɛ.ʃœʁ\ (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