occupy
\ˈɑk.jə.ˌpaɪ\
The verdict
“occupy” is uncommon French (frequency #52,876 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,876
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Occuper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-occupy · occupy · French
occupy · rank #52,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,876
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH obtenaient
Nearest frequency peer: obtenaient (-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 « occupy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- OACI
OACI
47,128 corpus weight
- observera
observera
47,127 corpus weight
- obtenaient
obtenaient
47,126 corpus weight
- occupy
occupy
47,125 corpus weight
- oj
oj
47,123 corpus weight
- oligarque
oligarque
47,122 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « occupy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | occupy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈɑk.jə.ˌpaɪ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « occupy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
occupy is uncommon French at frequency #52,876 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈɑk.jə.ˌpaɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Occuper.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for occupy, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is occupy, spelled O-C-C-U-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Occuper.
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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