hobereau
^((h aspiré))\ɔb(ə).ʁo\
The verdict
“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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des petits faucons gris-bleu d’Eurasie ou d’Afrique, au vol très rapide, qui pond ses œufs dans l’ancien nid d’une autre espèce et qui ne chasse que les petits oiseaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hobereau · hobereau · French
hobereau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hobereau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔb(ə).ʁo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hobereau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔb(ə).ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un des petits faucons gris-bleu d’Eurasie ou d’Afrique, au vol très rapide, qui pond ses œufs dans l’ancien nid d’une autre espèce et qui ne chasse que les petits oiseaux.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hobereau in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hobereau, spelled H-O-B-E-R-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Un des petits faucons gris-bleu d’Eurasie ou d’Afrique, au vol très rapide, qui pond ses œufs dans l’ancien nid d’une autre espèce et qui ne chasse que les petits oiseaux.
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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.