œnologie
\e.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“œnologie” is uncommon French (frequency #57,715 among 749 “Œ” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,715
- frequency rank, French
- 749
- “Œ” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Science qui s’occupe du vin depuis sa culture jusqu’à sa consommation : sa récolte, sa vinification, son assemblage, son élevage, sa conservation et sa dégustation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | œnologie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “œnologie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
œnologie is uncommon French at frequency #57,715 among 749 “Œ” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Science qui s’occupe du vin depuis sa culture jusqu’à sa consommation : sa récolte, sa vinification, son assemblage, son élevage, sa conservation et sa dégustation.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for œnologie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is œnologie, spelled Œ-N-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Science qui s’occupe du vin depuis sa culture jusqu’à sa consommation : sa récolte, sa vinification, son assemblage, son élevage, sa conservation et sa dégustation.
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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.
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Using “œnologie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Œ-N-O-L-O-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.