œdipe

\e.dip\

/\e.dip\/ noun

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The verdict

“œdipe” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,952
frequency rank, French
21
“Œ” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme qui trouve facilement le mot des énigmes ou la solution de questions obscures.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dipe · œdipe · French

œdipe · rank #33,952 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,952
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 21
  • PHOTO-FINISH éviterait

Nearest frequency peer: éviterait (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « œdipe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « œdipe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

œdipe vs DP
0% similar
œdipe vs dix
40% similar
œdipe vs due
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for œdipe
PropertyValue
Headwordœdipe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.dip\
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,952
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « œdipe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).œdipese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « éviterait » (#33,951), « abattent » (#33,953), « évangéliste » (#33,950). Parmi 21 lemmes en « Œ », « œdipe » est au #33,952. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around œdipe (IPA \e.dip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,952 among 21 “Œ” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for œdipe, with forms such as "dœipe", "œddipe", and "œdiep". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DP", "dix", "due", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is œdipe, spelled Œ-D-I-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme qui trouve facilement le mot des énigmes ou la solution de questions obscures.
  2. 2
    Cruciverbiste.
  3. 3
    Ellipse de complexe d’Œdipe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how œdipe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il faudrait être un œdipe pour deviner ce que cela veut dire. — Je ne suis pas un œdipe.
  2. « Le problème de l’Aiguille creuse », comme l’appelaient les innombrables Œdipes qui, penchés sur les chiffres et sur les points, tâchaient de leur trouver une signification…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dœipe
  • œddipe
  • œdiep
  • œdippe
  • œdpie
  • œidpe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of œdipe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dœipe2œddipe1œdiep2œdippe1œdpie2œidpe2
Edit distance from "œdipe"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "œdipe"?
"œdipe" is spelled Œ-D-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.dip\.
What does "œdipe" mean?
As a noun, "œdipe" means: Homme qui trouve facilement le mot des énigmes ou la solution de questions obscures.
What words are commonly confused with "œdipe"?
"œdipe" is commonly confused with "DP", "dix", "due". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "œdipe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "œdipe" is \e.dip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "œdipe" come from?
"œdipe" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "œdipe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list