martin-chasseur géant
\maʁ.tɛ̃.ʃa.sœʁ ʒe.ɑ̃\
The verdict
“martin-chasseur géant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de martin-chasseur terrestre de type kookaburra, de grande taille, à bec et à tête énormes, très social et très bruyant, dont les vocalisations évoquent dramatiquement le rire humain, et qui...
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Index FR-martin-chasseur-geant · martin-chasseur géant · French
martin-chasseur géant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | martin-chasseur géant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.tɛ̃.ʃa.sœʁ ʒe.ɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “martin-chasseur géant” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
martin-chasseur géant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.tɛ̃.ʃa.sœʁ ʒe.ɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de martin-chasseur terrestre de type kookaburra, de grande taille, à bec et à tête énormes, très social et très bruyant, dont les vocalisations évoquent dramatiquement le rire humain, et qui...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for martin-chasseur géant, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 martin-chasseur géant, spelled M-A-R-T-I-N---C-H-A-S-S-E-U-R- -G-É-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Espèce de martin-chasseur terrestre de type kookaburra, de grande taille, à bec et à tête énormes, très social et très bruyant, dont les vocalisations évoquent dramatiquement le rire humain, et qui est fort commun et familier des habitations dans tout l'est de l'Australie et en Tasmanie (Dacelo novaeguineae).
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