oberlin

\ɔ.bɛʁ.lɛ̃\

/\ɔ.bɛʁ.lɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“oberlin” is uncommon French (frequency #76,843 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,843
frequency rank, French
75,470
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cépage noir, hybride interspécifique de riparia Millardet et gamay noir ^([1]). Si dans les années 1950 il y avait plus de 4000 hectares plantés avec ce cépage, en 2006 il n'en restait que 68 hecta...

Corpus desk

Index FR-oberlin · oberlin · French

oberlin · rank #76,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,843
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 75,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH oat

Nearest frequency peer: oat (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “oberlin”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “oberlin” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for oberlin
PropertyValue
Headwordoberlin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.bɛʁ.lɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,843
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “oberlin” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). oberlin lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oberlin is uncommon French at frequency #76,843 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.bɛʁ.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cépage noir, hybride interspécifique de riparia Millardet et gamay noir ^([1]). Si dans les années 1950 il y avait plus de 4000 hectares plantés avec ce cépage, en 2006 il n'en restait que 68 hecta...".

Zero misspellings are on record for oberlin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is oberlin, spelled O-B-E-R-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cépage noir, hybride interspécifique de riparia Millardet et gamay noir ^([1]). Si dans les années 1950 il y avait plus de 4000 hectares plantés avec ce cépage, en 2006 il n'en restait que 68 hectares.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les « gaillards » malgré leur nom, ne dépasseront pas trente litres; les « oberlins » ont autant de grappes qu’en 1922, mais les grains, hélas! sont tout petits.
  2. C’était l’occasion d’emmener sa femme et ses enfants, et le paysan ouvrait une bouteille d’oberlin, cépage local fort en alcool, dont il fallait boire deux verres pour montrer à celui-ci qu’il était bon.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oberlin"?
"oberlin" is spelled O-B-E-R-L-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.bɛʁ.lɛ̃\.
What does "oberlin" mean?
As a noun, "oberlin" means: Cépage noir, hybride interspécifique de riparia Millardet et gamay noir ^([1]). Si dans les années 1950 il y avait plus de 4000 hectares plantés avec ce cépage, en 2006 il n'en restait que 68 hecta...
How do you pronounce "oberlin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oberlin" is \ɔ.bɛʁ.lɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nuisant#76,839outillé#76,863palabre#76,866mineiro#76,798
Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list