œillères

\œ.jɛʁ\

/\œ.jɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“œillères” is uncommon French (frequency #63,477 among 21 “Œ” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,477
frequency rank, French
21
“Œ” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de œillère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-illeres · œillères · French

œillères · rank #63,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,477
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 21
  • PHOTO-FINISH étreintes

Nearest frequency peer: étreintes (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « œillères »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « œillères » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for œillères
PropertyValue
Headwordœillères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\œ.jɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,477
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « œillères » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.œillèrestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « étreintes » (#63,476), « étrave » (#63,475), « 2ième » (#63,479). Parmi 21 lemmes en « Œ », « œillères » est au #63,477. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

œillères is uncommon French at frequency #63,477 among 21 “Œ” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \œ.jɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de œillère.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for œillères, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is œillères, spelled Œ-I-L-L-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de œillère.

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 "œillères"?
"œillères" is spelled Œ-I-L-L-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \œ.jɛʁ\.
What does "œillères" mean?
As an adjective, "œillères" means: Pluriel de œillère.
How do you pronounce "œillères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "œillères" is \œ.jɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "œillères" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list