odyssée

/\ɔ.di.se\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,958

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

odyssée is aFrenchnoun. It means: Voyage maritime, très long et riche en péripéties. Pronounced \ɔ.di.se\. Often confused with Odyssey.

Key facts for odyssée
PropertyValue
Headwordodyssée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.di.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,958
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of odyssée in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for odyssée is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.di.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,958 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for odyssée, with forms such as "doyssée", "oddyssée", and "odsysée". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Odyssey", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is odyssée, spelled O-D-Y-S-S-É-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voyage maritime, très long et riche en péripéties.
  2. 2
    Voyage riche d'aventures et d’enseignements.
  3. 3
    Voyage semé d’imprévus ou d’embûches.
  4. 4
    Voyage intellectuel incroyable.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: doyssée,oddyssée,odsysée,odyssee,odysseé,odysée,odysése,odyyssée,oydssée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for odyssée

Misspelling Variants of "odyssée"

doyssée7oddyssée8odsysée7odyssee7odysseé7odysée6odysése7odyyssée8
Misspelling Variants of "odyssée"

Frequency rank: #16,958 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "odyssée"?
"odyssée" is spelled O-D-Y-S-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.di.se\.
What does "odyssée" mean?
As a noun, "odyssée" means: Voyage maritime, très long et riche en péripéties.
What words are commonly confused with "odyssée"?
"odyssée" is commonly confused with "Odyssey". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "odyssée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "odyssée" is \ɔ.di.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "odyssée" come from?
"odyssée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.