océanographie
\ɔ.se.a.nɔ.ɡʁa.fi\
The verdict
“océanographie” is uncommon French (frequency #56,145 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,145
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Science qui étudie et décrit les océans de la Terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oceanographie · océanographie · French
océanographie · rank #56,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,145
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH occasionnées
Nearest frequency peer: occasionnées (-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 « océanographie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Oates
Oates
43,859 corpus weight
- occasionnées
occasionnées
43,857 corpus weight
- océanograph…
océanographie
43,856 corpus weight
- omnia
omnia
43,854 corpus weight
- omnipotent
omnipotent
43,853 corpus weight
- opioïdes
opioïdes
43,852 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « océanographie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | océanographie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.se.a.nɔ.ɡʁa.fi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #56,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « océanographie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
océanographie is uncommon French at frequency #56,145 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.se.a.nɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Science qui étudie et décrit les océans de la Terre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for océanographie, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is océanographie, spelled O-C-É-A-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Science qui étudie et décrit les océans de la Terre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how océanographie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous les géographes le pensent. « Il n'existe aucun doute, dit le docteur Jilek,dans son Traité de l'Océanographie, sur l'existence dans l'intérieur du cercle polaire central, d'un immense continent. Les découvertes faites jusqu'à ce jour, quoique peu nombreuses, ont fourni des preuves convaincantes.
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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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