oh hisse

\o is\

/\o is\/ intj

The verdict

“oh hisse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interjection d’incitation à l’effort, utilisée souvent pour synchroniser l’effort de plusieurs personnes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oh-hisse · oh hisse · French

oh hisse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for oh hisse
PropertyValue
Headwordoh hisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\o is\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « oh hisse » en français

oh hissesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oh hisse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \o is\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interjection d’incitation à l’effort, utilisée souvent pour synchroniser l’effort de plusieurs personnes.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oh hisse, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is oh hisse, spelled O-H- -H-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interjection d’incitation à l’effort, utilisée souvent pour synchroniser l’effort de plusieurs personnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette fois, on la monte jusqu’au palier, cette armoire ! Oh hisse !

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oh hisse"?
"oh hisse" is spelled O-H- -H-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o is\.
What does "oh hisse" mean?
As an interjection, "oh hisse" means: Interjection d’incitation à l’effort, utilisée souvent pour synchroniser l’effort de plusieurs personnes.
How do you pronounce "oh hisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oh hisse" is \o is\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oh hisse" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list