bouvreuil pivoine

\bu.vʁœj pi.vwan\

/\bu.vʁœj pi.vwan\/ noun

The verdict

“bouvreuil pivoine” 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
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de petit oiseau passereau d’Eurasie, voisin des pinsons, trapu, à livrée élégante, au dessus de la tête, aux ailes et à la queue noires, au dos gris-bleu, et à la poitrine rouge-orangé (mâle...

Key facts for bouvreuil pivoine
PropertyValue
Headwordbouvreuil pivoine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.vʁœj pi.vwan\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bouvreuil pivoine” sits in French frequency

bouvreuil pivoine 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 bouvreuil pivoine is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.vʁœj pi.vwan\. 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: "Espèce de petit oiseau passereau d’Eurasie, voisin des pinsons, trapu, à livrée élégante, au dessus de la tête, aux ailes et à la queue noires, au dos gris-bleu, et à la poitrine rouge-orangé (mâle...".

Zero misspellings are on record for bouvreuil pivoine in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 bouvreuil pivoine, spelled B-O-U-V-R-E-U-I-L- -P-I-V-O-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de petit oiseau passereau d’Eurasie, voisin des pinsons, trapu, à livrée élégante, au dessus de la tête, aux ailes et à la queue noires, au dos gris-bleu, et à la poitrine rouge-orangé (mâle) ou gris-orangé à beige (femelle).

Synonyms

bouvreuil commun

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 "bouvreuil pivoine"?
"bouvreuil pivoine" is spelled B-O-U-V-R-E-U-I-L- -P-I-V-O-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.vʁœj pi.vwan\.
What does "bouvreuil pivoine" mean?
As a noun, "bouvreuil pivoine" means: Espèce de petit oiseau passereau d’Eurasie, voisin des pinsons, trapu, à livrée élégante, au dessus de la tête, aux ailes et à la queue noires, au dos gris-bleu, et à la poitrine rouge-orangé (mâle...
How do you pronounce "bouvreuil pivoine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouvreuil pivoine" is \bu.vʁœj pi.vwan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouvreuil pivoine" come from?
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Using “bouvreuil pivoine”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-V-R-E-U-I-L- -P-I-V-O-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bu.vʁœj pi.vwan\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list