oligocène
\ɔ.li.ɡɔ.sɛn\
The verdict
“oligocène” is uncommon French (frequency #61,749 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,749
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne l’Oligocène, couche de terrain tertiaire qui se trouve comprise entre l’Éocène et le Miocène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oligocene · oligocène · French
oligocène · rank #61,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,749
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Ollier
Nearest frequency peer: Ollier (+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 « oligocène »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- octavie
octavie
38,257 corpus weight
- octogonale
octogonale
38,256 corpus weight
- Ogooué
Ogooué
38,255 corpus weight
- oligocène
oligocène
38,252 corpus weight
- Ollier
Ollier
38,251 corpus weight
- orthophonie
orthophonie
38,248 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oligocène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oligocène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.li.ɡɔ.sɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oligocène » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oligocène is uncommon French at frequency #61,749 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.li.ɡɔ.sɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui concerne l’Oligocène, couche de terrain tertiaire qui se trouve comprise entre l’Éocène et le Miocène.".
Zero misspellings are on record for oligocène in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is oligocène, spelled O-L-I-G-O-C-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne l’Oligocène, couche de terrain tertiaire qui se trouve comprise entre l’Éocène et le Miocène.
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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