oblast
\ɔb.last\
The verdict
“oblast” is an uncommon French word, ranked #83,209 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,209
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Division administrative de la Bulgarie et de plusieurs pays issus de l’éclatement de l’ancienne URSS dont la Russie, la Biélorussie, le Kazakhstan, le Kirghizistan et l’Ukraine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oblast |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔb.last\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oblast” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for oblast is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔb.last\. Corpus data places it at rank #83,209 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Division administrative de la Bulgarie et de plusieurs pays issus de l’éclatement de l’ancienne URSS dont la Russie, la Biélorussie, le Kazakhstan, le Kirghizistan et l’Ukraine.".
oblast doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is oblast, spelled O-B-L-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Division administrative de la Bulgarie et de plusieurs pays issus de l’éclatement de l’ancienne URSS dont la Russie, la Biélorussie, le Kazakhstan, le Kirghizistan et l’Ukraine.
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.
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Using “oblast”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-B-L-A-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔb.last\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.