oiseau des tempêtes
\wa.zo dɛ tɑ̃.pɛt\
The verdict
“oiseau des tempêtes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire de plusieurs procellariiformes, et en particulier des pétrels-tempête, et de quelques puffins et albatros (oiseaux).
Corpus desk
Index FR-oiseau-des-tempetes · oiseau des tempêtes · French
oiseau des tempêtes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 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 des tempêtes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa.zo dɛ tɑ̃.pɛt\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oiseau des tempêtes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oiseau des tempêtes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wa.zo dɛ tɑ̃.pɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for oiseau des tempêtes, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is oiseau des tempêtes, spelled O-I-S-E-A-U- -D-E-S- -T-E-M-P-Ê-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire de plusieurs procellariiformes, et en particulier des pétrels-tempête, et de quelques puffins et albatros (oiseaux).
- 2L'un des noms vernaculaires des pétrels-tempête, petits oiseaux de l'ordre des procellariiformes et de la famille des hydrobatidés.
- 3Synonyme de goéland (oiseau).
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