Oddo
The verdict
“Oddo” is uncommon French (frequency #76,845 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,845
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oddo · Oddo · French
Oddo · rank #76,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,845
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 75,470
- PHOTO-FINISH obélisques
Nearest frequency peer: obélisques (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Oddo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- oat
oat
23,159 corpus weight
- oberlin
oberlin
23,158 corpus weight
- obélisques
obélisques
23,157 corpus weight
- Oddo
Oddo
23,156 corpus weight
- Odell
Odell
23,155 corpus weight
- oestrogènes
oestrogènes
23,153 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Oddo” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oddo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #76,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oddo” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Oddo is uncommon French at frequency #76,845 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Oddo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Oddo, spelled O-D-D-O.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Oddo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Ils misent sur les technologies futures de captation ou ils comptent sur la compensation carbone par puits naturels », observe Nicolas Oddo, chef de projet chez France nature environnement.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Oddo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.