oiseau de paradis
\wa.zo də pa.ʁa.di\
The verdict
“oiseau de paradis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de paradisier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oiseau-de-paradis · oiseau de paradis · French
oiseau de paradis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | oiseau de paradis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa.zo də pa.ʁa.di\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
oiseau de paradis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wa.zo də pa.ʁa.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for oiseau de paradis in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is oiseau de paradis, spelled O-I-S-E-A-U- -D-E- -P-A-R-A-D-I-S.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de paradisier.
- 2Synonyme de strelitzie de la reine (Strelitzia regina) une espèce de plantes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oiseau de paradis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’oiseau de paradis est un oiseau véritablement existant avec un plumage très engageant.
Physiquement, il l'aurait peut-être désirée plus enveloppée. Aurait-il pu dire d'elle, comme François Iᵉʳ d'Anne de Pisseleu : « Vous êtes semblable à un oiseau de paradis, avec davantage de plumes que de corps »?
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.