odorant
\ɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“odorant” is uncommon French (frequency #63,208 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,208
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui exhale une odeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-odorant · odorant · French
odorant · rank #63,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,208
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH octopus
Nearest frequency peer: octopus (-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 « odorant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- obtiendrons
obtiendrons
36,795 corpus weight
- octopus
octopus
36,794 corpus weight
- odorant
odorant
36,793 corpus weight
- offer
offer
36,792 corpus weight
- officiait
officiait
36,791 corpus weight
- Ogilvy
Ogilvy
36,790 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « odorant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | odorant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « odorant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
odorant is uncommon French at frequency #63,208 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for odorant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is odorant, spelled O-D-O-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui exhale une odeur.
- 2Qui répand une bonne odeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how odorant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette opération, qui se fait dans un appareil analogue à l'appareil distillatoire, est fondée sur la différence de volatilité de l'alcool et des huiles odorantes qui ne bouillent, en général, qu'à des températures bien supérieures à 100°.
Dans certains cas la plante fait elle-même l’hydrolyse et utilise le sucre libéré. Le produit terpénique s’accumule alors et la plante devient odorante.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).