baleines de Cuvier

\ba.lɛn də ky.vje\

/\ba.lɛn də ky.vje\/ noun

The verdict

“baleines de Cuvier” 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
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de baleine de Cuvier.

Key facts for baleines de Cuvier
PropertyValue
Headwordbaleines de Cuvier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.lɛn də ky.vje\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “baleines de Cuvier” sits in French frequency

baleines de Cuvier 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for baleines de Cuvier is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.lɛn də ky.vje\. 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: "Pluriel de baleine de Cuvier.".

No misspelling variants are generated for baleines de Cuvier in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is baleines de Cuvier, spelled B-A-L-E-I-N-E-S- -D-E- -C-U-V-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de baleine de Cuvier.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baleines de Cuvier"?
"baleines de Cuvier" is spelled B-A-L-E-I-N-E-S- -D-E- -C-U-V-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.lɛn də ky.vje\.
What does "baleines de Cuvier" mean?
As a noun, "baleines de Cuvier" means: Pluriel de baleine de Cuvier.
How do you pronounce "baleines de Cuvier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baleines de Cuvier" is \ba.lɛn də ky.vje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “baleines de Cuvier”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-L-E-I-N-E-S- -D-E- -C-U-V-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ba.lɛn də ky.vje\ (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.

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