oiseau rare
\wa.zo ʁaʁ\
The verdict
“oiseau rare” 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) - Personne ou chose très recherchée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oiseau-rare · oiseau rare · French
oiseau rare · 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 | oiseau rare |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa.zo ʁaʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oiseau rare » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oiseau rare is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wa.zo ʁaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne ou chose très recherchée.".
oiseau rare doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 rare, spelled O-I-S-E-A-U- -R-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Personne ou chose très recherchée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oiseau rare appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le père et la mère cherchent l’oiseau rare, mâle ou femelle, dont la dot arrondira la fortune du fils ou de la fille.
— Ah, oui ! Tu continues d'espérer. La chasse aux yoyettes, c'est de la pure loterie. Dénicher l’oiseau rare équivaut à gagner le jackpot au loto ou au tiercé.
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.