urubu noir
\y.ʁy.by nwaʁ\
The verdict
“urubu noir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de vautour américain, présent du sud des États-Unis jusqu’au Chili et à l’Argentine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-urubu-noir · urubu noir · French
urubu noir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | urubu noir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.ʁy.by nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « urubu noir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
urubu noir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.ʁy.by nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de vautour américain, présent du sud des États-Unis jusqu’au Chili et à l’Argentine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for urubu noir, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is urubu noir, spelled U-R-U-B-U- -N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Espèce de vautour américain, présent du sud des États-Unis jusqu’au Chili et à l’Argentine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how urubu noir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’urubu noir poussa plusieurs croassements âpres et saccadés, puis, battant des ailes, il prit son vol dans les airs.
Les Urubus noirs se regroupent pour la recherche de charognes qu’ils trouvent au bord des routes, dans les égouts ou les abattoirs.
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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.