oiseau

\wa.zo\

/\wa.zo\/ noun

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The verdict

“oiseau” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,781. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,781
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal vertébré théropode, à deux pattes et deux ailes, ovipare, homéotherme, au corps couvert de plumes et qui possède un bec corné dépourvu de dents.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oiseau · oiseau · French

oiseau · rank #3,781 · 6 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,781
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH olympiques

Nearest frequency peer: olympiques (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « oiseau »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « oiseau » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

oiseau vs oiseaux
86% similar
oiseau vs Oise
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for oiseau
PropertyValue
Headwordoiseau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wa.zo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,781
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oiseau »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.oiseause place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « olympiques » (#3,782), « mettez » (#3,779), « onze » (#3,783). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oiseau » est au #3,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around oiseau (IPA \wa.zo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,781 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for oiseau, with forms such as "ioseau", "oiesau", and "oisaeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "oiseaux", "Oise", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is oiseau, spelled O-I-S-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal vertébré théropode, à deux pattes et deux ailes, ovipare, homéotherme, au corps couvert de plumes et qui possède un bec corné dépourvu de dents.
  2. 2
    Animal vertébré théropode, à deux pattes et deux ailes, ovipare, homéotherme, au corps couvert de plumes et qui possède un bec corné dépourvu de dents.
  3. 3
    Individu extravagant.
  4. 4
    Exercice de tir où l’on abat d’un coup de fusil ou d’un coup de flèche la figure d’un oiseau attachée au haut d’une perche.
  5. 5
    Avion.
  6. 6
    Organe sexuel mâle, pénis
  7. 7
    Sorte de hotte dont les manœuvres se servent pour porter le mortier sur leurs épaules.
  8. 8
    Oiseau de Limousin : Assemblage de planches à angle droit, munies de deux manches que l’on passe sur les épaules, et qui servait autrefois aux maçons à porter des matériaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how oiseau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Après une autre étape de quatre heures, atteignons Souk El-Arbâ (le marché du mercredi), dans un cirque rocheux où les pluies ont formé de nombreux étangs regorgeant d’oiseaux aquatiques : canards, poules d'eau, bécassines, hérons, etc.
  2. Un ramier s’échappait des cimes, de petits oiseaux gazouillaient une timide chanson d’automne.

Synonyms

volatilezèbrezigotozoziauzoziozozyauroiteletpapegaiaugepiafaviaire

This word in other languages

bird(English)pájaro(Español)Vogel(Deutsch)pássaro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ioseau
  • oiesau
  • oisaeu
  • oiseua
  • oisseau
  • osieau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oiseau - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ioseau2oiesau2oisaeu2oiseua2oisseau1osieau2
Edit distance from "oiseau"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oiseau"?
"oiseau" is spelled O-I-S-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \wa.zo\.
What does "oiseau" mean?
As a noun, "oiseau" means: Animal vertébré théropode, à deux pattes et deux ailes, ovipare, homéotherme, au corps couvert de plumes et qui possède un bec corné dépourvu de dents.
What words are commonly confused with "oiseau"?
"oiseau" is commonly confused with "oiseaux", "Oise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oiseau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oiseau" is \wa.zo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oiseau" come from?
"oiseau" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "oiseau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mettez#3,779parlez#3,785prière#3,789pseudo#3,793

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

mark6 variantsMario6 variantsjulie6 variantsGilles6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list