coq de bruyère
\kɔk də bʁɥi.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“coq de bruyère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de coq sauvage qui vit dans forêts et les bruyères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coq-de-bruyere · coq de bruyère · French
coq de bruyère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | coq de bruyère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔk də bʁɥi.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coq de bruyère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coq de bruyère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔk də bʁɥi.jɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de coq sauvage qui vit dans forêts et les bruyères.".
coq de bruyère has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is coq de bruyère, spelled C-O-Q- -D-E- -B-R-U-Y-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de coq sauvage qui vit dans forêts et les bruyères.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coq de bruyère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous faisons une pause, quand un bruit soudain, sourd, brise le silence. À moins de vingt mètres de nous jaillit une masse noire. Elle plonge vers le bas de la pente abrupte en glissant adroitement entre les troncs. La neige des branches secouées par cette fuite continue de tomber une fois la silhouette évanouie. Nous restons silencieux, le regard fixé su…
Je pourrais aller tuer un coq de bruyère, mais c’est vendredi saint, j’ai peur, c’est un péché.
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.