octogénaire

\ɔk.tɔ.ʒe.nɛʁ\

/\ɔk.tɔ.ʒe.nɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“octogénaire” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,071
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont l’âge se situe entre 80 et 89 ans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-octogenaire · octogénaire · French

octogénaire · rank #44,071 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,071
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH occase

Nearest frequency peer: occase (-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 « octogénaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « octogénaire » 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
Key facts for octogénaire
PropertyValue
Headwordoctogénaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔk.tɔ.ʒe.nɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#44,071
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « octogénaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.octogénairese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « occase » (#44,070), « océanographique » (#44,072), « népotisme » (#44,069). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « octogénaire » est au #44,071. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around octogénaire (IPA \ɔk.tɔ.ʒe.nɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #44,071 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dont l’âge se situe entre 80 et 89 ans.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for octogénaire, with forms such as "cotogénaire", "occtogénaire", and "ocotgénaire". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is octogénaire, spelled O-C-T-O-G-É-N-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dont l’âge se situe entre 80 et 89 ans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cet homme, cette femme est octogénaire.

This word in other languages

octogenarian(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cotogénaire
  • occtogénaire
  • ocotgénaire
  • octgoénaire
  • octogenaire
  • octoggénaire
  • octognéaire
  • octogéanire
  • octogénaier
  • octogénairre
  • octogénarie
  • octogéniare
  • octogénnaire
  • octoégnaire
  • octtogénaire
  • otcogénaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of octogénaire - 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.

cotogénaire2occtogénaire1ocotgénaire2octgoénaire2octogenaire1octoggénaire1octognéaire2octogéanire2
Edit distance from "octogénaire"

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 "octogénaire"?
"octogénaire" is spelled O-C-T-O-G-É-N-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔk.tɔ.ʒe.nɛʁ\.
What does "octogénaire" mean?
As an adjective, "octogénaire" means: Dont l’âge se situe entre 80 et 89 ans.
What are common misspellings of "octogénaire"?
Common misspellings include "cotogénaire", "occtogénaire", "ocotgénaire", "octgoénaire", "octogenaire". The correct spelling is "octogénaire".
How do you pronounce "octogénaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "octogénaire" is \ɔk.tɔ.ʒe.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "octogénaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list