octobre

\ɔk.tɔbʁ\

/\ɔk.tɔbʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“octobre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #531. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#531
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dixième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien qui compte trente et un jours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-octobre · octobre · French

octobre · rank #531 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #531
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH nouveaux

Nearest frequency peer: nouveaux (-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 « octobre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « octobre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

octobre vs October
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for octobre
PropertyValue
Headwordoctobre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔk.tɔbʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#531
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « octobre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).octobrese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nouveaux » (#530), « pouvez » (#532), « laquelle » (#529). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « octobre » est au #531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around octobre (IPA \ɔk.tɔbʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #531 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dixième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien qui compte trente et un jours.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for octobre, with forms such as "cotobre", "occtobre", and "ocotbre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "October", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is octobre, spelled O-C-T-O-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dixième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien qui compte trente et un jours.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how octobre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La réforme monétaire du 15 octobre 1923 a assuré la sécurité des échanges en mettant à la disposition du public un instrument de paiement stable.
  2. Commencée le 14 octobre 1877, la deuxième législature prend constitutionnellement fin le 13 octobre 1881. On n'envisage donc pas les élections générales avant l’automne.

This word in other languages

October(English)octubre(Español)Oktober(Deutsch)Outubro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cotobre
  • occtobre
  • ocotbre
  • octbore
  • octobbre
  • octobrre
  • octorbe
  • octtobre
  • otcobre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of octobre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cotobre2occtobre1ocotbre2octbore2octobbre1octobrre1octorbe2octtobre1
Edit distance from "octobre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "octobre"?
"octobre" is spelled O-C-T-O-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔk.tɔbʁ\.
What does "octobre" mean?
As a noun, "octobre" means: Dixième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien qui compte trente et un jours.
What words are commonly confused with "octobre"?
"octobre" is commonly confused with "October". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "octobre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "octobre" is \ɔk.tɔbʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "octobre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "octobre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

affaire#526voiture#537janvier#543environ#517

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

siècle9 variantslaquelle9 variantssortir9 variantstrouvé9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list