faucon hobereau
\fo.kɔ̃ ʔɔb.ʁo\
The verdict
“faucon hobereau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce d’oiseau de proies rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des falconidés, un petit faucon qui ressemble à un jeune faucon pèlerin mais avec des culottes rousses aux pattes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faucon-hobereau · faucon hobereau · French
faucon hobereau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | faucon hobereau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fo.kɔ̃ ʔɔb.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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faucon hobereau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fo.kɔ̃ ʔɔb.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce d’oiseau de proies rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des falconidés, un petit faucon qui ressemble à un jeune faucon pèlerin mais avec des culottes rousses aux pattes.".
faucon hobereau doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is faucon hobereau, spelled F-A-U-C-O-N- -H-O-B-E-R-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Espèce d’oiseau de proies rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des falconidés, un petit faucon qui ressemble à un jeune faucon pèlerin mais avec des culottes rousses aux pattes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faucon hobereau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le faucon hobereau, « qui ressemble à un grand martinet », préfère, de son côté, se nourrir en vol. D’oiseaux, puis d’insectes une fois en Afrique.
Forestier, le Faucon hobereau est plus grand et plus robuste que la Crécerelle, plus petit et plus élancé que le Pèlerin.
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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.