ocarina
\ɔ.ka.ʁi.na\
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
- objecter
objecter
39,007 corpus weight
- obligeance
obligeance
39,006 corpus weight
- ocarina
ocarina
39,005 corpus weight
- OFCE
OFCE
39,004 corpus weight
- ondulées
ondulées
39,003 corpus weight
- ope
ope
39,002 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ocarina » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ocarina |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ka.ʁi.na\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ocarina » en français
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
- 1Petit 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 examplesThese source excerpts show how ocarina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le type entre dans le dojo, sans saluer, en jouant son ocarina, fort, tendis que les autres karatékas se réchauffent en silence.
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.
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