Oldenburg
\ˈɔldn̩ˌbʊʁk\
The verdict
“Oldenburg” is uncommon French (frequency #97,230 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,230
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oldenbourg, ville située en Basse-Saxe, en Allemagne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oldenburg · Oldenburg · French
Oldenburg · rank #97,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,230
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oficial
Nearest frequency peer: oficial (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Oldenburg »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- offensent
offensent
2,773 corpus weight
- oficial
oficial
2,772 corpus weight
- Oldenburg
Oldenburg
2,771 corpus weight
- oliphant
oliphant
2,770 corpus weight
- ombelles
ombelles
2,769 corpus weight
- orbitaire
orbitaire
2,768 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Oldenburg » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oldenburg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈɔldn̩ˌbʊʁk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Oldenburg » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Oldenburg is uncommon French at frequency #97,230 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈɔldn̩ˌbʊʁk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oldenbourg, ville située en Basse-Saxe, en Allemagne.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Oldenburg in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Oldenburg, spelled O-L-D-E-N-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Oldenbourg, ville située en Basse-Saxe, en Allemagne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Oldenburg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Küstenstadt Chania ist es im Winter zweifellos wärmer als in Berlin, Dresden, München oder Oldenburg. Auch hat Chania viel mehr Sonnentage.
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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