nestor superbe
\nɛs.tɔʁ sy.pɛʁb\
The verdict
“nestor superbe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de grand psittaciforme (e.g. perroquets, perruches, etc.) de Nouvelle-Zélande, du genre Nestor, au plumage marron avec des zones écarlates.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nestor superbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛs.tɔʁ sy.pɛʁb\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nestor superbe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nestor superbe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɛs.tɔʁ sy.pɛʁb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de grand psittaciforme (e.g. perroquets, perruches, etc.) de Nouvelle-Zélande, du genre Nestor, au plumage marron avec des zones écarlates.".
nestor superbe has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 nestor superbe, spelled N-E-S-T-O-R- -S-U-P-E-R-B-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de grand psittaciforme (e.g. perroquets, perruches, etc.) de Nouvelle-Zélande, du genre Nestor, au plumage marron avec des zones écarlates.
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- The one correct French spelling is N-E-S-T-O-R- -S-U-P-E-R-B-E - 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.