oblast
\ɔb.last\
The verdict
“oblast” is uncommon French (frequency #83,209 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,209
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oblast · oblast · French
oblast · rank #83,209 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,209
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ober
Nearest frequency peer: ober (-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 « oblast »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Néguev
Néguev
16,795 corpus weight
- ober
ober
16,793 corpus weight
- oblast
oblast
16,792 corpus weight
- obtiendraie…
obtiendraient
16,791 corpus weight
- occire
occire
16,790 corpus weight
- ohne
ohne
16,789 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oblast » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « oblast » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oblast is uncommon French at frequency #83,209 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔb.last\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oblast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’hiver c’est en roulant sur la glace que l’on rejoint plus au sud le barrage et le reste de l’oblast de l’Amour.
« Notre armée avance franchement, nous passons d’une phase défensive à une contre-offensive », a lâché dimanche Sergiy Khlan, un responsable ukrainien de l’administration régionale, pour qui l’oblast de Kherson sera définitivement libéré d’ici septembre.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).