huppe fasciée
^((h aspiré))\yp fa.sje\
The verdict
“huppe fasciée” 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 d'oiseau, huppe de l'Ancien Monde au plumage orangé clair barré de noir et blanc sur les ailes et la queue et à longue huppe érectile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-huppe-fasciee · huppe fasciée · French
huppe fasciée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | huppe fasciée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\yp fa.sje\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
huppe fasciée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\yp fa.sje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for huppe fasciée, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is huppe fasciée, spelled H-U-P-P-E- -F-A-S-C-I-É-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce d'oiseau, huppe de l'Ancien Monde au plumage orangé clair barré de noir et blanc sur les ailes et la queue et à longue huppe érectile.
- 2Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how huppe fasciée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La huppe fasciée fait partie du même groupe que les martins-pêcheurs.
Des oiseaux nichent - des chevêches, deux ou trois huppes fasciées, une flopée de passereaux, des pics.
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.