oisiveté

\wa.ziv.te\

/\wa.ziv.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“oisiveté” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,040
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État, habitude d’une personne qui est oisive, qui ne fait rien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oisivete · oisiveté · French

oisiveté · rank #43,040 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,040
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH offline

Nearest frequency peer: offline (-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 « oisiveté »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « oisiveté » 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
Key facts for oisiveté
PropertyValue
Headwordoisiveté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wa.ziv.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,040
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oisiveté »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.oisivetése place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « offline » (#43,039), « ontologie » (#43,041), « orchestration » (#43,042). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oisiveté » est au #43,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around oisiveté (IPA \wa.ziv.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,040 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "État, habitude d’une personne qui est oisive, qui ne fait rien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for oisiveté, with forms such as "iosiveté", "oiisveté", and "oisievté". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 oisiveté, spelled O-I-S-I-V-E-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    État, habitude d’une personne qui est oisive, qui ne fait rien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Peut-être voulez-vous seulement occuper votre oisiveté de province par le spectacle des sottises que peut faire un poète ?
  2. Rien ne choque tant les pauvres gens que l’oisiveté des riches ou de ceux qu’ils croient riches.

Synonyms

inaction

This word in other languages

indolence(English)ociosidad(Español)Müßiggang(Deutsch)ociosidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iosiveté
  • oiisveté
  • oisievté
  • oisivete
  • oisivetté
  • oisiveét
  • oisivteé
  • oisivveté
  • oissiveté
  • oisvieté
  • osiiveté

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

iosiveté2oiisveté2oisievté2oisivete1oisivetté1oisiveét2oisivteé2oisivveté1
Edit distance from "oisiveté"

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 "oisiveté"?
"oisiveté" is spelled O-I-S-I-V-E-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \wa.ziv.te\.
What does "oisiveté" mean?
As a noun, "oisiveté" means: État, habitude d’une personne qui est oisive, qui ne fait rien.
What are common misspellings of "oisiveté"?
Common misspellings include "iosiveté", "oiisveté", "oisievté", "oisivete", "oisivetté". The correct spelling is "oisiveté".
How do you pronounce "oisiveté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oisiveté" is \wa.ziv.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oisiveté" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ouessant#43,049pictural#43,065pistache#43,066plancton#43,068

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

nécrose11 variantsmégarde11 variantspackers11 variantspantins11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list