ohne
\ˈoːnə\
The verdict
“ohne” is uncommon French (frequency #83,212 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,212
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ohne · ohne · French
ohne · rank #83,212 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,212
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH occire
Nearest frequency peer: occire (-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 « ohne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ober
ober
16,793 corpus weight
- oblast
oblast
16,792 corpus weight
- obtiendraie…
obtiendraient
16,791 corpus weight
- occire
occire
16,790 corpus weight
- ohne
ohne
16,789 corpus weight
- onsen
onsen
16,787 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ohne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ohne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \ˈoːnə\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #83,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ohne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ohne is uncommon French at frequency #83,212 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed \ˈoːnə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ohne in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ohne, spelled O-H-N-E.
Definition
- 1Sans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ohne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ohne dich gehe ich nirgendwo hin.
Die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit steigt und steigt. Den jüngsten offiziellen Zahlen zufolge ist unter Chinas Stadtbewohnern zwischen 16 und 24 Jahren mehr als jeder fünfte ohne Beschäftigung.
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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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