occuper

/\ɔ.ky.pe\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,091

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

occuper is aFrenchverb. It means: Prendre possession de ; conserver en sa possession. Pronounced \ɔ.ky.pe\. It ranks #2,091 in French word frequency. Often confused with occupés and occupez.

Key facts for occuper
PropertyValue
Headwordoccuper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔ.ky.pe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,091
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of occuper in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for occuper is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.ky.pe\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,091 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for occuper, with forms such as "cocuper", "occpuer", and "occuepr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "occupés", "occupez", "occupera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is occuper, spelled O-C-C-U-P-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prendre possession de ; conserver en sa possession.
  2. 2
    Couvrir une période de temps.
  3. 3
    Avoir, en parlant d'une fonction ou d'un emploi.
  4. 4
    Recouvrir un lieu.
  5. 5
    Se saisir, prendre possession d’un domaine ; s’y établir.
  6. 6
    Habiter.
  7. 7
    Employer quelqu’un à ; donner de l’occupation.
  8. 8
    Remplir un espace ou une durée.
  9. 9
    Pour un juriste, se charger de quelque chose dans une affaire en justice.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cocuper,occpuer,occuepr,occuperr,occupper,occupre,ocucper,ocuper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for occuper

Misspelling Variants of "occuper"

cocuper7occpuer7occuepr7occuperr8occupper8occupre7ocucper7ocuper6
Misspelling Variants of "occuper"

Frequency rank: #2,091 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "occuper"?
"occuper" is spelled O-C-C-U-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ky.pe\.
What does "occuper" mean?
As a verb, "occuper" means: Prendre possession de ; conserver en sa possession.
What words are commonly confused with "occuper"?
"occuper" is commonly confused with "occupés", "occupez", "occupera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "occuper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "occuper" is \ɔ.ky.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "occuper" come from?
"occuper" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.