océans
\ɔ.se.ɑ̃\
The verdict
“océans” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,368
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de océan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oceans · océans · French
océans · rank #10,368 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,368
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH obéir
Nearest frequency peer: obéir (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « océans »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- normand
normand
89,636 corpus weight
- observée
observée
89,635 corpus weight
- obéir
obéir
89,634 corpus weight
- océans
océans
89,633 corpus weight
- parier
parier
89,632 corpus weight
- partez
partez
89,631 corpus weight
What this shows « océans » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | océans |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.se.ɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « océans »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around océans (IPA \ɔ.se.ɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,368 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de océan.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for océans, with forms such as "coéans", "ocaéns", and "occéans". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "orléans", "ocean", "océane", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is océans, spelled O-C-É-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de océan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how océans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et là, commençant à me débarbeler le menton, dans la glace à trois pans au-dessus du lavabo, je vois, déployée tout autour de moi, répétée en échos infinis s’engendrant comme les degrés, les vivants piliers d’un temple qui enfermerait tout l’espace, la foule inconcevable de mes visages tournés dans toutes les directions : oui, moi, ma gueule à moitié enne…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- coéans
- ocaéns
- occéans
- oceans
- océanns
- océanss
- océasn
- océnas
- oécans
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of océans - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).