loriot

\lɔ.ʁjo\

/\lɔ.ʁjo\/ noun

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The verdict

“loriot” is uncommon French (frequency #76,761 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,761
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau de l’ordre des passereaux, à peu près de la grosseur d’un merle, au plumage d’un beau jaune pour le mâle, verdâtre pour la femelle (Oriolus oriolus).

Corpus desk

Index FR-loriot · loriot · French

loriot · rank #76,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,761
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lorain

Nearest frequency peer: lorain (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « loriot »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « loriot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for loriot
PropertyValue
Headwordloriot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɔ.ʁjo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,761
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « loriot » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.loriottombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lorain » (#76,760), « Louveciennes » (#76,762), « lof » (#76,759). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « loriot » est au #76,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

loriot is uncommon French at frequency #76,761 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔ.ʁjo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for loriot in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 loriot, spelled L-O-R-I-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oiseau de l’ordre des passereaux, à peu près de la grosseur d’un merle, au plumage d’un beau jaune pour le mâle, verdâtre pour la femelle (Oriolus oriolus).
  2. 2
    Orgelet appelé aussi compère-loriot, petit furoncle au bord de la paupière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how loriot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mille oiseaux, des loriots, des pinsons, des pigeons aux ailes d’or, sans parler des perroquets babillards, voletaient dans les vertes ramilles.
  2. Mais parmi le pépiement des moineaux, nichés dans les fentes des vieux murs et sous la tuile des toits, le chant du loriot gorgé de cerises sonnait parfois, comme un grand cri vibrant de volupté, un chant profond et tendre, qui faisait palpiter le cœur immense de la nuit.

This word in other languages

oriole(English)oropéndola(Español)Pirol(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "loriot"?
"loriot" is spelled L-O-R-I-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ.ʁjo\.
What does "loriot" mean?
As a noun, "loriot" means: Oiseau de l’ordre des passereaux, à peu près de la grosseur d’un merle, au plumage d’un beau jaune pour le mâle, verdâtre pour la femelle (Oriolus oriolus).
How do you pronounce "loriot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loriot" is \lɔ.ʁjo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loriot" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "loriot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lorain#76,760lésées#76,771Lennie#76,750laudes#76,743

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list