octogonal
\ɔk.tɔ.ɡɔ.nal\
The verdict
“octogonal” is uncommon French (frequency #81,401 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,401
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se rapporte à l’octogone ; qui a la forme d’un octogone.
Corpus desk
Index FR-octogonal · octogonal · French
octogonal · rank #81,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,401
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH obstrue
Nearest frequency peer: obstrue (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « octogonal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- névrosée
névrosée
18,604 corpus weight
- obstinés
obstinés
18,602 corpus weight
- obstrue
obstrue
18,601 corpus weight
- octogonal
octogonal
18,600 corpus weight
- offusquée
offusquée
18,598 corpus weight
- OIAC
OIAC
18,597 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « octogonal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | octogonal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔk.tɔ.ɡɔ.nal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « octogonal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
octogonal is uncommon French at frequency #81,401 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔk.tɔ.ɡɔ.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se rapporte à l’octogone ; qui a la forme d’un octogone.".
Zero misspellings are on record for octogonal in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is octogonal, spelled O-C-T-O-G-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui se rapporte à l’octogone ; qui a la forme d’un octogone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how octogonal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au centre, entre les Dômes, la Renommée embouchait sa trompette et lançait un grand jet vers le ciel, dans une cuve octogonale entourée d’une balustrade circulaire.
Victor Horta trouve dans le hall octogonal de l'hôtel Tassel une solution élégante au problème posé par l’encombrement des radiateurs.
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); 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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