OCC
\ɔ.se.se\
The verdict
“OCC” is uncommon French (frequency #65,364 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,364
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abréviation de modèle d’octroi puis de cession de crédits.
Corpus desk
Index FR-occ · OCC · French
OCC · rank #65,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,364
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 75,470
- PHOTO-FINISH obéissante
Nearest frequency peer: obéissante (-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 “OCC”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- numérisée
numérisée
34,640 corpus weight
- obéissante
obéissante
34,638 corpus weight
- OCC
OCC
34,637 corpus weight
- odontologie
odontologie
34,636 corpus weight
- onomatopées
onomatopées
34,634 corpus weight
- optima
optima
34,632 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “OCC” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | OCC |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.se.se\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “OCC” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
OCC is uncommon French at frequency #65,364 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.se.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation de modèle d’octroi puis de cession de crédits.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for OCC, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is OCC, spelled O-C-C.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de modèle d’octroi puis de cession de crédits.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.