ptarmigan
The verdict
“ptarmigan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des noms du lagopède.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ptarmigan · ptarmigan · French
ptarmigan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | ptarmigan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ptarmigan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ptarmigan, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ptarmigan, spelled P-T-A-R-M-I-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1Un des noms du lagopède.
- 2Synonyme de lagopède alpin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ptarmigan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les perdrix, les ptarmigans, fuyant vers des régions plus tempérées, passaient en grand nombre, et fournirent une viande fraîche et saine.
Parmi ces proies, le ptarmigan (lagopède des Alpes) se nourrit de baies et de feuilles vertes et le bruant des neiges surtout d'insectes phytophages.
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.