ohé

\ɔ.e\

/\ɔ.e\/ intj

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The verdict

“ohé” is uncommon French (frequency #53,521 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,521
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interjection servant à appeler quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ohe · ohé · French

ohé · rank #53,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,521
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH omelettes

Nearest frequency peer: omelettes (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « ohé »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ohé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ohé
PropertyValue
Headwordohé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\ɔ.e\
Letters3
Frequency rank#53,521
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ohé » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ohétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « omelettes » (#53,522), « ona » (#53,523), « nueva » (#53,518). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ohé » est au #53,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ohé is uncommon French at frequency #53,521 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \ɔ.e\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interjection servant à appeler quelqu’un.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ohé in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ohé, spelled O-H-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interjection servant à appeler quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ohé, là-bas, venez !
  2. Mais à peine abordés, voilà des voix étouffées qui nous appellent de l’autre rive : « Ohé ! du bateau !… »

This word in other languages

yoohoo(English)

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 "ohé"?
"ohé" is spelled O-H-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.e\.
What does "ohé" mean?
As an interjection, "ohé" means: Interjection servant à appeler quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "ohé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ohé" is \ɔ.e\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ohé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ona#53,523ord#53,525PNG#53,547loa#53,458

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list