Oldman
The verdict
“Oldman” is uncommon French (frequency #62,486 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,486
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oldman · Oldman · French
Oldman · rank #62,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,486
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oniriques
Nearest frequency peer: oniriques (+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 « Oldman »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- occultée
occultée
37,518 corpus weight
- occuperons
occuperons
37,517 corpus weight
- Oldman
Oldman
37,515 corpus weight
- oniriques
oniriques
37,514 corpus weight
- opinel
opinel
37,513 corpus weight
- OPP
OPP
37,512 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Oldman » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oldman |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Oldman » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Oldman is uncommon French at frequency #62,486 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Oldman in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Oldman, spelled O-L-D-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Oldman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce duo épatant entre par la grande porte dans la crypte des buveurs de sang sympas, sexy ou rigolos, loin du Dracula de Christopher Lee dans les films des années 1960 de la British Hammer, ou de celui de Francis Ford Coppola joué par Gary Oldman.
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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