engoulevent
\ɑ̃.ɡul.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“engoulevent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passereau insectivore qui vole le bec largement ouvert.
Corpus desk
Index FR-engoulevent · engoulevent · French
engoulevent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | engoulevent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡul.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « engoulevent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
engoulevent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ɡul.vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Passereau insectivore qui vole le bec largement ouvert.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for engoulevent, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is engoulevent, spelled E-N-G-O-U-L-E-V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Passereau insectivore qui vole le bec largement ouvert.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how engoulevent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est un engoulevent, répondit Bénédict. Il est caché dans le tronc pourri de cet arbre.
À trois reprises, devant Anne, rasant le sol, le bizarre oiseau qu’on nomme l’engoulevent passa. Il annonce toujours la nuit.
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.