chouette effraie
\ʃwɛ.t‿e.fʁɛ\
The verdict
“chouette effraie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce d’oiseau rapace nocturne ubiquiste, qui a un masque facial blanc en forme de cœur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chouette-effraie · chouette effraie · French
chouette effraie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chouette effraie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃwɛ.t‿e.fʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chouette effraie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃwɛ.t‿e.fʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce d’oiseau rapace nocturne ubiquiste, qui a un masque facial blanc en forme de cœur.".
chouette effraie has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chouette effraie, spelled C-H-O-U-E-T-T-E- -E-F-F-R-A-I-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce d’oiseau rapace nocturne ubiquiste, qui a un masque facial blanc en forme de cœur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chouette effraie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et la vie de la chouette effraie devient plus difficile encore lorsque se réduisent les effectifs des campagnols, ces rongeurs prolifiques contre lesquels est régulièrement pratiqué, dans certaines régions, l’épandage d’un anticoagulant mortel.
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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.