Oktoberfest
\ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst\
The verdict
“Oktoberfest” is uncommon French (frequency #66,172 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,172
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fête populaire qui se déroule en septembre et octobre à Munich, Bavière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oktoberfest · Oktoberfest · French
Oktoberfest · rank #66,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,172
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH odo
Nearest frequency peer: odo (-2 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 « Oktoberfest »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- occipital
occipital
33,833 corpus weight
- odieuses
odieuses
33,832 corpus weight
- odo
odo
33,831 corpus weight
- Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest
33,829 corpus weight
- omoplates
omoplates
33,827 corpus weight
- OMT
OMT
33,826 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Oktoberfest » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oktoberfest |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Oktoberfest » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Oktoberfest is uncommon French at frequency #66,172 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Oktoberfest has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Oktoberfest, spelled O-K-T-O-B-E-R-F-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Fête populaire qui se déroule en septembre et octobre à Munich, Bavière.
- 2Des fêtes similaires, mais plus petites, qui sont récemment organisées à certains autres lieux en Allemagne et dans le monde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oktoberfest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Wochenende besuchen sehr viele Menschen das Oktoberfest. — Le week-end, un grand nombre de personnes se rendent à l'Oktoberfest.
Der Wettergott meint es dieses Jahr nicht gut mit dem Oktoberfest: mal schüttet es, mal nieselt es, aber die Sonne scheint nicht.
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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