goéland varié
\ɡɔ.e.lɑ̃ va.ʁje\
The verdict
“goéland varié” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom qui fut donné par méprise au grand labbe, un oiseau de la famille des stercorariidés et non un laridé comme les goélands véritables, par les naturalistes du XVIIIème siècle, et qu'ils appelaien...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goéland varié |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔ.e.lɑ̃ va.ʁje\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “goéland varié” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for goéland varié is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɔ.e.lɑ̃ va.ʁje\. 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: "Nom qui fut donné par méprise au grand labbe, un oiseau de la famille des stercorariidés et non un laridé comme les goélands véritables, par les naturalistes du XVIIIème siècle, et qu'ils appelaien...".
No misspelling variants are generated for goéland varié in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is goéland varié, spelled G-O-É-L-A-N-D- -V-A-R-I-É.
Definition
- 1Nom qui fut donné par méprise au grand labbe, un oiseau de la famille des stercorariidés et non un laridé comme les goélands véritables, par les naturalistes du XVIIIème siècle, et qu'ils appelaient également grisard, nom donné aux goélands dans leur plumage sombre et rayé de stade juvénile.
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.
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Using “goéland varié”
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- The one correct French spelling is G-O-É-L-A-N-D- -V-A-R-I-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.