oison
\wa.zɔ̃\
The verdict
“oison” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le petit d’une oie
Corpus desk
Index FR-oison · oison · French
oison · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- 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 | oison |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa.zɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oison » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oison is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wa.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for oison in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is oison, spelled O-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Le petit d’une oie
- 2Par dérision, il se dit d’un homme niais et sot à qui l’on fait croire tout ce que l’on veut.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un jeune oison.
Un petit oison.
This word in other languages
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.