casoar

\ka.zɔ.aʁ\

/\ka.zɔ.aʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre d'oiseaux paléognathes coureurs et inaptes au vol, comprenant trois espèces distribuées en Indonésie, en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée et en Australie, et dont la tête est couverte d’une espèce d...

Corpus desk

Index FR-casoar · casoar · French

casoar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for casoar
PropertyValue
Headwordcasoar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.zɔ.aʁ\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « casoar » en français

casoarreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

casoar is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.zɔ.aʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

casoar has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is casoar, spelled C-A-S-O-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre d'oiseaux paléognathes coureurs et inaptes au vol, comprenant trois espèces distribuées en Indonésie, en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée et en Australie, et dont la tête est couverte d’une espèce de casque osseux et dont le plumage ressemble à du crin.
  2. 2
    Plumet ornant le shako des élèves de l'École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how casoar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le casoar est un oiseau courageux et, quand il lui faut défendre sa vie, il se sert de ses pattes armées d’ongles redoutables pour porter des coups capables d’éventrer un homme ou de tuer raide un chien.

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 "casoar"?
"casoar" is spelled C-A-S-O-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.zɔ.aʁ\.
What does "casoar" mean?
As a noun, "casoar" means: Genre d'oiseaux paléognathes coureurs et inaptes au vol, comprenant trois espèces distribuées en Indonésie, en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée et en Australie, et dont la tête est couverte d’une espèce d...
How do you pronounce "casoar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "casoar" is \ka.zɔ.aʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "casoar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list