ibis falcinelle
\i.bis fal.si.nɛl\
The verdict
“ibis falcinelle” 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce d'oiseau échassier de la famille des threskiornithidés, au long bec arqué, au plumage nuptial brun foncé avec des reflets métalliques, migrateur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ibis falcinelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.bis fal.si.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ibis falcinelle” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ibis falcinelle is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.bis fal.si.nɛl\. 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: "Espèce d'oiseau échassier de la famille des threskiornithidés, au long bec arqué, au plumage nuptial brun foncé avec des reflets métalliques, migrateur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ibis falcinelle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ibis falcinelle, spelled I-B-I-S- -F-A-L-C-I-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce d'oiseau échassier de la famille des threskiornithidés, au long bec arqué, au plumage nuptial brun foncé avec des reflets métalliques, migrateur.
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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.
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Using “ibis falcinelle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-B-I-S- -F-A-L-C-I-N-E-L-L-E - 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.