hunting dog
\ˌhʌn.tɪŋ ˈdɔɡ\
The verdict
“hunting dog” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chien de chasse qui est capable de traquer et de poursuivre le gibier (tel que les teckels, bassets, lévriers, etc.)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hunting dog |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌhʌn.tɪŋ ˈdɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hunting dog” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hunting dog is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌhʌn.tɪŋ ˈdɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chien de chasse qui est capable de traquer et de poursuivre le gibier (tel que les teckels, bassets, lévriers, etc.)".
hunting dog has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hunting dog, spelled H-U-N-T-I-N-G- -D-O-G.
Definition
- 1Chien de chasse qui est capable de traquer et de poursuivre le gibier (tel que les teckels, bassets, lévriers, etc.)
Synonyms
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 “hunting dog”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-U-N-T-I-N-G- -D-O-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˌhʌn.tɪŋ ˈdɔɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.