octroient

\ok.tʁwa\

/\ok.tʁwa\/ verb

The verdict

“octroient” is uncommon French (frequency #64,656 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,656
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de octroyer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-octroient · octroient · French

octroient · rank #64,656 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,656
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH obscurcir

Nearest frequency peer: obscurcir (-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 « octroient »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « octroient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for octroient
PropertyValue
Headwordoctroient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ok.tʁwa\
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,656
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « octroient » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.octroienttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « obscurcir » (#64,655), « ocytocine » (#64,657), « Nérac » (#64,654). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « octroient » est au #64,656. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

octroient is uncommon French at frequency #64,656 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ok.tʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for octroient, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is octroient, spelled O-C-T-R-O-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de octroyer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de octroyer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. – Les fermiers vous prennent vos pâturages, ils s’octroient vos terrains de chasse. Leurs troupeaux envahissent les grandes plaines. Ils ne respectent aucun des traités qu’ils nous ont pourtant imposés, leur parole n’est que mensonge et leur unique intention est de nous exterminer jusqu’au dernier. Mais nous ne nous laisserons pas faire. C’est nous qui al…

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 "octroient"?
"octroient" is spelled O-C-T-R-O-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ok.tʁwa\.
What does "octroient" mean?
As a verb, "octroient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de octroyer.
How do you pronounce "octroient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "octroient" is \ok.tʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list