lièvre de Patagonie

\ljɛvr də pa.ta.ɡɔ.ni\

/\ljɛvr də pa.ta.ɡɔ.ni\/ noun

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The verdict

“lièvre de Patagonie” 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
19
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom usuel de Dolichotis patagonum, gros rongeur d'une dizaine de kilos, de la même famille que les cobayes, originaires du sud de l’Amérique du Sud.

Key facts for lièvre de Patagonie
PropertyValue
Headwordlièvre de Patagonie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ljɛvr də pa.ta.ɡɔ.ni\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lièvre de Patagonie” sits in French frequency

lièvre de Patagonie falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lièvre de Patagonie is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ljɛvr də pa.ta.ɡɔ.ni\. 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: "Nom usuel de Dolichotis patagonum, gros rongeur d'une dizaine de kilos, de la même famille que les cobayes, originaires du sud de l’Amérique du Sud.".

lièvre de Patagonie has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lièvre de Patagonie, spelled L-I-È-V-R-E- -D-E- -P-A-T-A-G-O-N-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom usuel de Dolichotis patagonum, gros rongeur d'une dizaine de kilos, de la même famille que les cobayes, originaires du sud de l’Amérique du Sud.

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lièvre de Patagonie"?
"lièvre de Patagonie" is spelled L-I-È-V-R-E- -D-E- -P-A-T-A-G-O-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ljɛvr də pa.ta.ɡɔ.ni\.
What does "lièvre de Patagonie" mean?
As a noun, "lièvre de Patagonie" means: Nom usuel de Dolichotis patagonum, gros rongeur d'une dizaine de kilos, de la même famille que les cobayes, originaires du sud de l’Amérique du Sud.
How do you pronounce "lièvre de Patagonie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lièvre de Patagonie" is \ljɛvr də pa.ta.ɡɔ.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lièvre de Patagonie" come from?
"lièvre de Patagonie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “lièvre de Patagonie”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-I-È-V-R-E- -D-E- -P-A-T-A-G-O-N-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ljɛvr də pa.ta.ɡɔ.ni\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list