nestor kéa
\nɛs.tɔʁ ke.a\
The verdict
“nestor kéa” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de psittaciforme endémique de Nouvelle-Zélande, de la famille des nestoridés, qui vit exclusivement dans les montagnes où elle se nourrit entre autres de nectar et des fruits d’agathis, un a...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nestor kéa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛs.tɔʁ ke.a\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nestor kéa” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nestor kéa is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɛs.tɔʁ ke.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de psittaciforme endémique de Nouvelle-Zélande, de la famille des nestoridés, qui vit exclusivement dans les montagnes où elle se nourrit entre autres de nectar et des fruits d’agathis, un a...".
nestor kéa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nestor kéa, spelled N-E-S-T-O-R- -K-É-A.
Definition
- 1Espèce de psittaciforme endémique de Nouvelle-Zélande, de la famille des nestoridés, qui vit exclusivement dans les montagnes où elle se nourrit entre autres de nectar et des fruits d’agathis, un arbre de la famille des araucariacées, dont la forme de son bec est particulièrement bien adaptée à l'extraction des graines, et qui est d'un naturel inquisiteur auprès des humains (espèce Nestor notabilis).
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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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- The one correct French spelling is N-E-S-T-O-R- -K-É-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.