ogives

\ɔ.ʒiv\

/\ɔ.ʒiv\/ adj

The verdict

“ogives” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,158. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,158
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ogives · ogives · French

ogives · rank #31,158 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,158
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH occulter

Nearest frequency peer: occulter (-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 « ogives »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ogives » 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).

ogives vs oies
67% similar
ogives vs olive
67% similar
ogives vs ogres
67% similar

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

Key facts for ogives
PropertyValue
Headwordogives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.ʒiv\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,158
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ogives »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ogivesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « occulter » (#31,157), « opaques » (#31,159), « obsolescence » (#31,156). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ogives » est au #31,158. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ogives (IPA \ɔ.ʒiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,158 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de ogif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ogives, with forms such as "goives", "oggives", and "ogievs". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "oies", "olive", "ogres", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ogives, spelled O-G-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de ogif.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • goives
  • oggives
  • ogievs
  • ogivess
  • ogivse
  • ogivves
  • ogvies
  • oigves

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ogives - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

goives2oggives1ogievs2ogivess1ogivse2ogivves1ogvies2oigves2
Edit distance from "ogives"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 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