oie sauvage
\wa so.vaʒ\
The verdict
“oie sauvage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné communément à l’oie cendrée sous sa forme sauvage, pour la différencier des formes domestiques qui en sont issues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oie-sauvage · oie sauvage · French
oie sauvage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | oie sauvage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa so.vaʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oie sauvage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oie sauvage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wa so.vaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné communément à l’oie cendrée sous sa forme sauvage, pour la différencier des formes domestiques qui en sont issues.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oie sauvage, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is oie sauvage, spelled O-I-E- -S-A-U-V-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné communément à l’oie cendrée sous sa forme sauvage, pour la différencier des formes domestiques qui en sont issues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oie sauvage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On trouve aussi le Flamet, qui est un grand & bel oiseau de la grosseur d’une oie sauvage, ….
L’oie sauvage est maigre & de taille plus légère que l’oie domestique ….
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.