œdipe

/\e.dip\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,952

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

œdipe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Homme qui trouve facilement le mot des énigmes ou la solution de questions obscures. Pronounced \e.dip\. Often confused with DP and dix.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for œdipe is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.dip\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,952 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for œdipe, with forms such as "dœipe", "œddipe", and "œdiep". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DP", "dix", "due", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 œdipe, spelled Œ-D-I-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dœipe,œddipe,œdiep,œdippe,œdpie,œidpe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for œdipe

Misspelling Variants of "œdipe"

dœipe5œddipe6œdiep5œdippe6œdpie5œidpe5
Misspelling Variants of "œdipe"

Frequency rank: #33,952 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter Œ in our French index:

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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.