miroir aux alouettes
\mi.ʁwa.ʁ‿o.z‿a.lwɛt\
The verdict
“miroir aux alouettes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositif tournant, muni de petits miroirs réfléchissant les rayons du soleil, utilisé par les chasseurs pour attirer les alouettes et autres petits oiseaux (piège, leurre).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miroir aux alouettes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.ʁwa.ʁ‿o.z‿a.lwɛt\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “miroir aux alouettes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
miroir aux alouettes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.ʁwa.ʁ‿o.z‿a.lwɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for miroir aux alouettes, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is miroir aux alouettes, spelled M-I-R-O-I-R- -A-U-X- -A-L-O-U-E-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Dispositif tournant, muni de petits miroirs réfléchissant les rayons du soleil, utilisé par les chasseurs pour attirer les alouettes et autres petits oiseaux (piège, leurre).
- 2Chose séduisante mais trompeuse.
This word in other languages
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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- The one correct French spelling is M-I-R-O-I-R- -A-U-X- -A-L-O-U-E-T-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mi.ʁwa.ʁ‿o.z‿a.lwɛt\ (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.