œnologue
\e.nɔ.lɔɡ\
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
- étatisation
étatisation
19,192 corpus weight
- étiole
étiole
19,191 corpus weight
- étoupe
étoupe
19,190 corpus weight
- évaluateurs
évaluateurs
19,189 corpus weight
- œnologue
œnologue
19,188 corpus weight
- 6G
6G
19,184 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « œnologue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | œnologue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.nɔ.lɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « œnologue » en français
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
- 1Spécialiste du vin, de son élaboration et de sa dégustation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how œnologue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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, […].
Les vins primeurs sont très flatteurs pour les consommateurs, car ils sont très aromatiques, explique l’œnologue Régine Le Coz.
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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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