Ohr
\oːɐ̯\
The verdict
“Ohr” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oreille, appareil de l’audition divisé en trois parties.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ohr · Ohr · French
Ohr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ohr |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \oːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ohr » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ohr is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \oːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Ohr in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Ohr, spelled O-H-R.
Definition
- 1Oreille, appareil de l’audition divisé en trois parties.
- 2Oreille, pavillon, la partie externe qui est autour du trou de l’oreille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ohr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie hört nur mit halbem Ohr zu.
Nicht weit von ihrem Haus wurden Menschen versteigert. Muskulöse Männer und Frauen, Ketten um die Fußgelenke, sahen mit leeren Blicken die Landbesitzer an, welche in ihren Mündern stocherten, ihnen in die Ohren sahen und sich auf die Knie niederließen, um ihre After zu betasten.
Synonyms
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.