ocarina

\ɔ.ka.ʁi.na\

/\ɔ.ka.ʁi.na\/ noun

The verdict

“ocarina” is uncommon French (frequency #60,996 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,996
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit instrument à vent, en métal ou en terre cuite, de forme ovoïde, qui est muni d’un bec et percé de trous.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ocarina · ocarina · French

ocarina · rank #60,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,996
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH obligeance

Nearest frequency peer: obligeance (-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 « ocarina »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ocarina
PropertyValue
Headwordocarina
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ka.ʁi.na\
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,996
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ocarina » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ocarinatombe 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: « obligeance » (#60,995), « OFCE » (#60,997), « objecter » (#60,994). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ocarina » est au #60,996. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ocarina is uncommon French at frequency #60,996 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.ka.ʁi.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit instrument à vent, en métal ou en terre cuite, de forme ovoïde, qui est muni d’un bec et percé de trous.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ocarina, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ocarina, spelled O-C-A-R-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit instrument à vent, en métal ou en terre cuite, de forme ovoïde, qui est muni d’un bec et percé de trous.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le type entre dans le dojo, sans saluer, en jouant son ocarina, fort, tendis que les autres karatékas se réchauffent en silence.
  2. La mélodie était différente des chants nambikwara auxquels j’étais habitué et qui, par leur carrure et leurs intervalles, évoquaient nos rondes campagnardes ; différente aussi des appels stridents qu’on sonne sur des ocarinas nasaux à trois trous, faits de deux morceaux de calebasse unis avec de la cire.

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 "ocarina"?
"ocarina" is spelled O-C-A-R-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ka.ʁi.na\.
What does "ocarina" mean?
As a noun, "ocarina" means: Petit instrument à vent, en métal ou en terre cuite, de forme ovoïde, qui est muni d’un bec et percé de trous.
How do you pronounce "ocarina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ocarina" is \ɔ.ka.ʁi.na\. 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 "ocarina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list