octroyer

\ɔk.tʁwa.je\

/\ɔk.tʁwa.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“octroyer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,065
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Concéder, accorder comme une faveur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-octroyer · octroyer · French

octroyer · rank #25,065 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,065
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH obèses

Nearest frequency peer: obèses (-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 « octroyer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « octroyer » 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).

octroyer vs octroyés
75% similar
octroyer vs octroie
75% similar
octroyer vs octroyé
75% similar

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

Key facts for octroyer
PropertyValue
Headwordoctroyer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔk.tʁwa.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,065
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « octroyer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).octroyerse 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 « obèses » (#25,064), « od » (#25,066), « obscurs » (#25,063). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « octroyer » est au #25,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around octroyer (IPA \ɔk.tʁwa.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,065 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Concéder, accorder comme une faveur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for octroyer, with forms such as "cotroyer", "occtroyer", and "ocrtoyer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "octroyés", "octroie", "octroyé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is octroyer, spelled O-C-T-R-O-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Concéder, accorder comme une faveur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La démocrate américaine Catherine Cortez Masto a remporté, samedi, l’État du Nevada, octroyant à son parti 50 sénateurs sur 100.
  2. L'acte octroyant l'autorisation d'exploitation confère à son détenteur, à l'intérieur des limites qu'il fixe, l'exclusivité du droit de faire tous travaux de recherches et d'exploitation des substances qu'il mentionne.

This word in other languages

grant(English)otorgar(Español)gewähren(Deutsch)outorgar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cotroyer
  • occtroyer
  • ocrtoyer
  • octoryer
  • octroeyr
  • octroyerr
  • octroyre
  • octroyyer
  • octrroyer
  • octryoer
  • octtroyer
  • otcroyer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cotroyer2occtroyer1ocrtoyer2octoryer2octroeyr2octroyerr1octroyre2octroyyer1
Edit distance from "octroyer"

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 "octroyer"?
"octroyer" is spelled O-C-T-R-O-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔk.tʁwa.je\.
What does "octroyer" mean?
As a verb, "octroyer" means: Concéder, accorder comme une faveur.
What words are commonly confused with "octroyer"?
"octroyer" is commonly confused with "octroyés", "octroie", "octroyé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "octroyer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "octroyer" is \ɔk.tʁwa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "octroyer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list