odeurs

\ɔ.dœʁ\

/\ɔ.dœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“odeurs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,022
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de odeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-odeurs · odeurs · French

odeurs · rank #13,022 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,022
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH offrait

Nearest frequency peer: offrait (+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 « odeurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « odeurs » 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).

odeurs vs ours
67% similar
odeurs vs oeufs
67% similar
odeurs vs oder
67% similar

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

Key facts for odeurs
PropertyValue
Headwordodeurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.dœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,022
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « odeurs »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « offrait » (#13,023), « nécessitent » (#13,020), « Oran » (#13,024). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « odeurs » est au #13,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around odeurs (IPA \ɔ.dœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,022 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de odeur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for odeurs, with forms such as "doeurs", "oddeurs", and "oderus". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ours", "oeufs", "oder", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is odeurs, spelled O-D-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de odeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Enfin, comme à dessein de le rendre plus complexe, des odeurs de caroube, de denrées coloniales, de goudron, d’air marin arrivaient puissamment du port et se mêlaient à celles qui montaient des pavés et des caves.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • doeurs
  • oddeurs
  • oderus
  • odeurrs
  • odeurss
  • odeusr
  • oduers
  • oedurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of odeurs - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

doeurs2oddeurs1oderus2odeurrs1odeurss1odeusr2oduers2oedurs2
Edit distance from "odeurs"

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 "odeurs"?
"odeurs" is spelled O-D-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.dœʁ\.
What does "odeurs" mean?
As a noun, "odeurs" means: Pluriel de odeur.
What words are commonly confused with "odeurs"?
"odeurs" is commonly confused with "ours", "oeufs", "oder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "odeurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "odeurs" is \ɔ.dœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "odeurs" come from?
"odeurs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perdez#13,031psycho#13,040lucide#13,000quotas#13,044

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

pourris8 variantsserein8 variantssoupir8 variantsgazette8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list