faucon émerillon
\fo.kɔ̃ ɛm.ʁi.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“faucon émerillon” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce d'oiseau de proies rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des falconidés, un petit faucon dont le mâle a le dos gris-bleu, la femelle gris-roux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faucon émerillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fo.kɔ̃ ɛm.ʁi.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faucon émerillon” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faucon émerillon is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fo.kɔ̃ ɛm.ʁi.jɔ̃\. 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 d'oiseau de proies rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des falconidés, un petit faucon dont le mâle a le dos gris-bleu, la femelle gris-roux.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faucon émerillon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is faucon émerillon, spelled F-A-U-C-O-N- -É-M-E-R-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Espèce d'oiseau de proies rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des falconidés, un petit faucon dont le mâle a le dos gris-bleu, la femelle gris-roux.
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Using “faucon émerillon”
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- The one correct French spelling is F-A-U-C-O-N- -É-M-E-R-I-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.