Oeillet
\ˈœi̯eː\
The verdict
“Oeillet” is uncommon French (frequency #99,437 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,437
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Œillet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oeillet · Oeillet · French
Oeillet · rank #99,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,437
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Obadia
Nearest frequency peer: Obadia (-2 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 « Oeillet »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nécro
nécro
568 corpus weight
- néodyme
néodyme
567 corpus weight
- Obadia
Obadia
566 corpus weight
- Oeillet
Oeillet
564 corpus weight
- oligarchies
oligarchies
562 corpus weight
- Onema
Onema
560 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Oeillet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oeillet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈœi̯eː\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Oeillet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Oeillet is uncommon French at frequency #99,437 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈœi̯eː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Œillet.".
Oeillet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Oeillet, spelled O-E-I-L-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Œillet.
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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