œnologue

\e.nɔ.lɔɡ\

/\e.nɔ.lɔɡ\/ noun

The verdict

“œnologue” is uncommon French (frequency #80,813 among 21 “Œ” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,813
frequency rank, French
21
“Œ” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spécialiste du vin, de son élaboration et de sa dégustation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nologue · œnologue · French

œnologue · rank #80,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,813
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 21
  • PHOTO-FINISH évaluateurs

Nearest frequency peer: évaluateurs (-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 « œnologue »

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 « œnologue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for œnologue
PropertyValue
Headwordœnologue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.nɔ.lɔɡ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,813
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « œnologue » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « évaluateurs » (#80,812), « étoupe » (#80,811), « étiole » (#80,810). Parmi 21 lemmes en « Œ », « œnologue » est au #80,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

œnologue is uncommon French at frequency #80,813 among 21 “Œ” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.nɔ.lɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spécialiste du vin, de son élaboration et de sa dégustation.".

œnologue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is œnologue, spelled Œ-N-O-L-O-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spécialiste du vin, de son élaboration et de sa dégustation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’Othello, le barbare Othello, conspué, bafoué, honni par tous les Congrès, avait bien enrichi quelques adroits œnologues qui avaient su utiliser son acidité en la sucrant généreusement et défoxer son moût en le chauffant avant fermentation, […].
  2. Les vins primeurs sont très flatteurs pour les consommateurs, car ils sont très aromatiques, explique l’œnologue Régine Le Coz.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "œnologue"?
"œnologue" is spelled Œ-N-O-L-O-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.nɔ.lɔɡ\.
What does "œnologue" mean?
As a noun, "œnologue" means: Spécialiste du vin, de son élaboration et de sa dégustation.
How do you pronounce "œnologue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "œnologue" is \e.nɔ.lɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "œnologue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "œnologue", 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