Ockham
The verdict
“Ockham” is uncommon French (frequency #77,755 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,755
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paroisse civile d’Angleterre située dans le district de Guildford.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ockham · Ockham · French
Ockham · rank #77,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,755
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH névrotique
Nearest frequency peer: névrotique (-2 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 « Ockham »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- novella
novella
22,251 corpus weight
- nye
nye
22,249 corpus weight
- névrotique
névrotique
22,248 corpus weight
- Ockham
Ockham
22,246 corpus weight
- officinalis
officinalis
22,243 corpus weight
- opossum
opossum
22,241 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ockham » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ockham |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ockham » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ockham is uncommon French at frequency #77,755 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Paroisse civile d’Angleterre située dans le district de Guildford.".
Ockham has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Ockham, spelled O-C-K-H-A-M.
Definition
- 1Paroisse civile d’Angleterre située dans le district de Guildford.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ockham appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Guillaume d'Ockham ou Guillaume d'Occam, dit le « Docteur invincible » et le « Vénérable initiateur » (Venerabilis inceptor), est un philosophe, logicien et théologien anglais, membre de l'ordre franciscain.
Synonyms
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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