méliphage tui
\me.li.faʒ ty.i\
The verdict
“méliphage tui” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de grand passereau endémique de Nouvelle-Zélande, se nourrissant surtout de nectar et de fruits, également appelé tui cravate-frisée à cause de plumes blanches frisées sous la gorge, et capa...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méliphage tui |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.li.faʒ ty.i\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “méliphage tui” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for méliphage tui is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \me.li.faʒ ty.i\. 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 de grand passereau endémique de Nouvelle-Zélande, se nourrissant surtout de nectar et de fruits, également appelé tui cravate-frisée à cause de plumes blanches frisées sous la gorge, et capa...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for méliphage tui, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 méliphage tui, spelled M-É-L-I-P-H-A-G-E- -T-U-I.
Definition
- 1Espèce de grand passereau endémique de Nouvelle-Zélande, se nourrissant surtout de nectar et de fruits, également appelé tui cravate-frisée à cause de plumes blanches frisées sous la gorge, et capable d’imiter la voix humaine.
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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 “méliphage tui”
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- The one correct French spelling is M-É-L-I-P-H-A-G-E- -T-U-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \me.li.faʒ ty.i\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.