odieuse

\o.djøz\

/\o.djøz\/ adj

The verdict

“odieuse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,286
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-odieuse · odieuse · French

odieuse · rank #30,286 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,286
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Odette

Nearest frequency peer: Odette (-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 « odieuse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « odieuse » 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).

odieuse vs odieux
71% similar
odieuse vs osseuse
71% similar

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

Key facts for odieuse
PropertyValue
Headwordodieuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\o.djøz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,286
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « odieuse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).odieusese 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 « Odette » (#30,285), « officieusement » (#30,287), « obsédés » (#30,284). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « odieuse » est au #30,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around odieuse (IPA \o.djøz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,286 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin de odieux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for odieuse, with forms such as "doieuse", "oddieuse", and "odeiuse". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "odieux", "osseuse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is odieuse, spelled O-D-I-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin de odieux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • doieuse
  • oddieuse
  • odeiuse
  • odiesue
  • odieues
  • odieusse
  • odiuese
  • oideuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

doieuse2oddieuse1odeiuse2odiesue2odieues2odieusse1odiuese2oideuse2
Edit distance from "odieuse"

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 "odieuse"?
"odieuse" is spelled O-D-I-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.djøz\.
What does "odieuse" mean?
As an adjective, "odieuse" means: Féminin de odieux.
What words are commonly confused with "odieuse"?
"odieuse" is commonly confused with "odieux", "osseuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "odieuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "odieuse" is \o.djøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "odieuse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list