oiseaux

\wa.zo\

/\wa.zo\/ noun

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The verdict

“oiseaux” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,940
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de oiseau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oiseaux · oiseaux · French

oiseaux · rank #2,940 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,940
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH offres

Nearest frequency peer: offres (-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 « oiseaux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « oiseaux » 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).

oiseaux vs osseux
71% similar
oiseaux vs oiseau
86% similar

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

Key facts for oiseaux
PropertyValue
Headwordoiseaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wa.zo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,940
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oiseaux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).oiseauxse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « offres » (#2,939), « oreilles » (#2,941), « my » (#2,938). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oiseaux » est au #2,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around oiseaux (IPA \wa.zo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,940 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de oiseau.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for oiseaux, with forms such as "ioseaux", "oiesaux", and "oisaeux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "osseux", "oiseau", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is oiseaux, spelled O-I-S-E-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de oiseau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour qu’une exploitation de cages de ponte marche bien, nos spécialistes nous suggèrent d’écrêter les oiseaux dès leur éclosion et de les débecquer soigneusement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ioseaux
  • oiesaux
  • oisaeux
  • oiseauxx
  • oiseaxu
  • oiseuax
  • oisseaux
  • osieaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oiseaux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ioseaux2oiesaux2oisaeux2oiseauxx1oiseaxu2oiseuax2oisseaux1osieaux2
Edit distance from "oiseaux"

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 "oiseaux"?
"oiseaux" is spelled O-I-S-E-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \wa.zo\.
What does "oiseaux" mean?
As a noun, "oiseaux" means: Pluriel de oiseau.
What words are commonly confused with "oiseaux"?
"oiseaux" is commonly confused with "osseux", "oiseau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oiseaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oiseaux" is \wa.zo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oiseaux" come from?
"oiseaux" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parlait#2,946publiée#2,952falloir#2,923rejoint#2,957

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

henry8 variantsfêtes8 variantsfortes8 variantsquinze8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list