ogive

\ɔ.ʒiv\

/\ɔ.ʒiv\/ noun

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The verdict

“ogive” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,222. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,222
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacun des arcs qui, en se croisant en X, soutiennent la voûte dans l’architecture gothique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ogive · ogive · French

ogive · rank #34,222 · 6 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,222
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH officines

Nearest frequency peer: officines (-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 « ogive »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ogive » 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).

ogive vs oie
60% similar
ogive vs Oise
40% similar
ogive vs ouïe
40% similar

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

Key facts for ogive
PropertyValue
Headwordogive
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ʒiv\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,222
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ogive »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ogivese 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 « officines » (#34,221), « opale » (#34,224), « observable » (#34,219). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ogive » est au #34,222. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ogive (IPA \ɔ.ʒiv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,222 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ogive, with forms such as "goive", "oggive", and "ogiev". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "oie", "Oise", "ouïe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ogive, spelled O-G-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacun des arcs qui, en se croisant en X, soutiennent la voûte dans l’architecture gothique.
  2. 2
    Chacun des arcs qui, en se croisant en X, soutiennent la voûte dans l’architecture gothique.
  3. 3
    Partie supérieure d’un obus.
  4. 4
    Balle de même forme, par opposition aux balles sphériques, utilisée par les chasseurs et les militaires.
  5. 5
    Partie antérieure d'une fusée spatiale.
  6. 6
    Courbe représentant la répartition cumulée des mesures des individus mesurés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je crois, volontiers qu'on a trouvé des ogives dans des mosquées très anciennes et jusque dans les ruines de Persépolis, de même que l'on en trouve en Italie dans les monumens étrusques ; mais l’ogive n'est pas l’architecture gothique.
  2. Le mot ogive, qui signifie justement la forme du plein-cintre, est absolument inapte à désigner cet arc brisé que l’on a pris pendant tant d’années, pour la base, pour la personnalité même d’un style.

This word in other languages

rib(English)ojiva(Español)Sprengkopf(Deutsch)ogiva(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • goive
  • oggive
  • ogiev
  • ogivve
  • ogvie
  • oigve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

goive2oggive1ogiev2ogivve1ogvie2oigve2
Edit distance from "ogive"

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 "ogive"?
"ogive" is spelled O-G-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʒiv\.
What does "ogive" mean?
As a noun, "ogive" means: Chacun des arcs qui, en se croisant en X, soutiennent la voûte dans l’architecture gothique.
What words are commonly confused with "ogive"?
"ogive" is commonly confused with "oie", "Oise", "ouïe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ogive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ogive" is \ɔ.ʒiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ogive" come from?
"ogive" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

opale#34,224paoli#34,235mytho#34,207myope#34,206

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Noëlle6 variantsmors6 variantspeck6 variantsmint6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list