oligarque
\ɔ.li.ɡaʁk\
The verdict
“oligarque” is uncommon French (frequency #52,879 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,879
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Individu qui participe à un gouvernement oligarchique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oligarque · oligarque · French
oligarque · rank #52,879 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,879
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oj
Nearest frequency peer: oj (-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 « oligarque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- obtenaient
obtenaient
47,126 corpus weight
- occupy
occupy
47,125 corpus weight
- oj
oj
47,123 corpus weight
- oligarque
oligarque
47,122 corpus weight
- opportunity
opportunity
47,120 corpus weight
- ornière
ornière
47,119 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oligarque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oligarque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.li.ɡaʁk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oligarque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oligarque is uncommon French at frequency #52,879 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.li.ɡaʁk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for oligarque in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is oligarque, spelled O-L-I-G-A-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Individu qui participe à un gouvernement oligarchique.
- 2Personne appartenant au groupe qui détient le pouvoir dans un secteur donné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oligarque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l’approche de l’armée française, la question, tant agitée à Venise, du parti à prendre entre l’Autriche et la France, fut discutée de nouveau par le sénat. Quelques vieux oligarques, qui avaient conservé de l’énergie, auraient voulu qu’on s’alliât sur-le-champ à l’Autriche, patronne naturelle de tous les vieux despotismes.
Un plagiste de la Garoupe, à Antibes, raconte encore l’histoire d’un oligarque qui lui a réservé dernièrement la totalité de sa plage et les quarante matelas pour une semaine.
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); 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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