fauconnerie
\fɔ.kɔn.ʁi\
The verdict
“fauconnerie” is uncommon French (frequency #73,162 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,162
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art de dresser et de gouverner les faucons et toutes sortes d’oiseaux de proie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fauconnerie · fauconnerie · French
fauconnerie · rank #73,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,162
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fath
Nearest frequency peer: fath (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « fauconnerie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fain
fain
26,842 corpus weight
- falsifiée
falsifiée
26,841 corpus weight
- fath
fath
26,840 corpus weight
- fauconnerie
fauconnerie
26,839 corpus weight
- Fayence
Fayence
26,838 corpus weight
- ferrailles
ferrailles
26,837 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fauconnerie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fauconnerie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ.kɔn.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fauconnerie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fauconnerie is uncommon French at frequency #73,162 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ.kɔn.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
fauconnerie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 fauconnerie, spelled F-A-U-C-O-N-N-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Art de dresser et de gouverner les faucons et toutes sortes d’oiseaux de proie.
- 2Chasse avec l’oiseau de proie ; volerie haute et basse.
- 3Lieu où étaient nourris les oiseaux de proie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fauconnerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au Canada, six aéroports utilisent la fauconnerie pour éloigner les oiseaux.
La fauconnerie est donc un sport assez coûteux et, la majorité des gros turbans marocains étant trop indolents pour chasser, elle tend à disparaître.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).