oiseau chanteur
\wa.zo ʃɑ̃.tœʁ\
The verdict
“oiseau chanteur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tout passereau.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oiseau chanteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa.zo ʃɑ̃.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oiseau chanteur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for oiseau chanteur is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \wa.zo ʃɑ̃.tœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oiseau chanteur, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is oiseau chanteur, spelled O-I-S-E-A-U- -C-H-A-N-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Tout passereau.
- 2Tout passereau.
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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Using “oiseau chanteur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-I-S-E-A-U- -C-H-A-N-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.