roitelet huppé
\ʁwa.tlɛ y.pe\
The verdict
“roitelet huppé” 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) - Espèce de très petit oiseau passereau, de l'Ancien Monde, à calotte jaune et orange (mâle) ou jaune (femelle) et au bec noir, fin et pointu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-roitelet-huppe · roitelet huppé · French
roitelet huppé · 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 "R" 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 | roitelet huppé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁwa.tlɛ y.pe\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
roitelet huppé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁwa.tlɛ y.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de très petit oiseau passereau, de l'Ancien Monde, à calotte jaune et orange (mâle) ou jaune (femelle) et au bec noir, fin et pointu.".
roitelet huppé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is roitelet huppé, spelled R-O-I-T-E-L-E-T- -H-U-P-P-É.
Definition
- 1Espèce de très petit oiseau passereau, de l'Ancien Monde, à calotte jaune et orange (mâle) ou jaune (femelle) et au bec noir, fin et pointu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how roitelet huppé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un roitelet huppé au plumage similaire aux feuilles de l’arbre, saisi sur le vif.
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.