ornithologiste
\ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.lɔ.ʒist\
The verdict
“ornithologiste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui, celle qui s’occupe d’ornithologie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ornithologiste · ornithologiste · French
ornithologiste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | ornithologiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.lɔ.ʒist\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ornithologiste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.lɔ.ʒist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui, celle qui s’occupe d’ornithologie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ornithologiste in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ornithologiste, spelled O-R-N-I-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Celui, celle qui s’occupe d’ornithologie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ornithologiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ornithologiste en conclut qu’elle avait pondu et qu’elle commençait à couver.
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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.