octal
\ɔk.tal\
The verdict
“octal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exprimé dans la base numérique huit (qui utilise les chiffres de 0 à 7) → voir octet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-octal · octal · French
octal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | octal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔk.tal\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
octal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔk.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exprimé dans la base numérique huit (qui utilise les chiffres de 0 à 7) → voir octet.".
Zero misspellings are on record for octal in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is octal, spelled O-C-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Exprimé dans la base numérique huit (qui utilise les chiffres de 0 à 7) → voir octet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how octal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un chiffre octal permet de représenter trois bits en un seul caractère.
La représentation octale des nombres a longtemps été utilisée lorsque la longueur des mots des ordinateurs était multiple de trois.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.