grive litorne
\ɡʁiv li.tɔʁn\
The verdict
“grive litorne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de petit oiseau passereau, grive à tête et croupion cendrés et dont le dessous de l’aile en vol est blanc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grive-litorne · grive litorne · French
grive litorne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | grive litorne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁiv li.tɔʁn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grive litorne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁiv li.tɔʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de petit oiseau passereau, grive à tête et croupion cendrés et dont le dessous de l’aile en vol est blanc.".
grive litorne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grive litorne, spelled G-R-I-V-E- -L-I-T-O-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de petit oiseau passereau, grive à tête et croupion cendrés et dont le dessous de l’aile en vol est blanc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grive litorne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La grive litorne lance ses strophes d’amour quelque part dans les cimes, le rouge-gorge pousse des trilles marquant son territoire, un pouillot déverse ses notes trébuchantes.
La grive litorne (Turdus pilaris) et la grive mauvis (Turdus iliacus) sont des migrateurs hivernants communs.
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.