rossignol

/\ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,864

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

rossignol is aFrenchnoun. It means: Une des espèces de petits oiseaux passereaux réputés pour leur chant varié, harmonieux et pur. Pronounced \ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl\.

Key facts for rossignol
PropertyValue
Headwordrossignol
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,864
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rossignol in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rossignol is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,864 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for rossignol, with forms such as "orssignol", "rosignol", and "rosisgnol". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rossignol, spelled R-O-S-S-I-G-N-O-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Une des espèces de petits oiseaux passereaux réputés pour leur chant varié, harmonieux et pur.
  2. 2
    Crochet de serrurerie, clé « passe-partout » ou jeu de passepartouts.
  3. 3
    Objet démodé, vieilli en magasin.
  4. 4
    Petite flûte, sifflet ou jeu d’orgue.
  5. 5
    Maladie de la peau caractérisée par des ulcérations des doigts, souvent d’origine professionnelle. → voir rossignol des tanneurs
  6. 6
    Morceau de bois destiné à bloquer le tenon dans la mortaise, ou pour compenser une mortaise trop grande.
  7. 7
    Petit sifflet utilisé par le maître d'équipage pour donner ses ordres.
  8. 8
    Fistule artificielle qu'autrefois les maréchaux-ferrants faisaient venir sous la queue d'un cheval poussif croyant ainsi donner une issue au gaz intestinaux, qui selon eux gênaient le cheval.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orssignol,rosignol,rosisgnol,rossginol,rossiggnol,rossignlo,rossignnol,rossignoll,rossigonl,rossingol,rrossignol,rsosignol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rossignol

Misspelling Variants of "rossignol"

orssignol9rosignol8rosisgnol9rossginol9rossiggnol10rossignlo9rossignnol10rossignoll10
Misspelling Variants of "rossignol"

Frequency rank: #18,864 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rossignol"?
"rossignol" is spelled R-O-S-S-I-G-N-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl\.
What does "rossignol" mean?
As a noun, "rossignol" means: Une des espèces de petits oiseaux passereaux réputés pour leur chant varié, harmonieux et pur.
What are common misspellings of "rossignol"?
Common misspellings include "orssignol", "rosignol", "rosisgnol", "rossginol", "rossiggnol". The correct spelling is "rossignol".
How do you pronounce "rossignol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rossignol" is \ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rossignol" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.