ornithorynque
\ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.ʁɛ̃k\
The verdict
“ornithorynque” is uncommon French (frequency #76,859 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,859
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mammifère monotrème ovipare, à bec d’oiseau, qui vit en Australie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ornithorynque · ornithorynque · French
ornithorynque · rank #76,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,859
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ornithologues
Nearest frequency peer: ornithologues (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « ornithorynque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- olympienne
olympienne
23,147 corpus weight
- ondo
ondo
23,146 corpus weight
- ornithologu…
ornithologues
23,143 corpus weight
- ornithorynq…
ornithorynque
23,142 corpus weight
- oufs
oufs
23,139 corpus weight
- outillé
outillé
23,138 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ornithorynque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ornithorynque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.ʁɛ̃k\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #76,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ornithorynque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ornithorynque is uncommon French at frequency #76,859 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.ʁɛ̃k\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mammifère monotrème ovipare, à bec d’oiseau, qui vit en Australie.".
ornithorynque has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ornithorynque, spelled O-R-N-I-T-H-O-R-Y-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Mammifère monotrème ovipare, à bec d’oiseau, qui vit en Australie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ornithorynque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les ornithorynques vivent au bord des rivières et des marais.
L'ornithorynque... c'est un des rares mammifères dont la femelle pond des œufs. Il n'a pas de mamelle vraie : le lait s'écoule et imbibe les touffes de poils que les jeunes sucent.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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