oligopsone
\ɔ.li.ɡɔ.psɔn\
The verdict
“oligopsone” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marché caractérisé par une multitude de vendeurs face à quelques acheteurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oligopsone · oligopsone · French
oligopsone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oligopsone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.li.ɡɔ.psɔn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
oligopsone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.li.ɡɔ.psɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marché caractérisé par une multitude de vendeurs face à quelques acheteurs.".
oligopsone has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is oligopsone, spelled O-L-I-G-O-P-S-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Marché caractérisé par une multitude de vendeurs face à quelques acheteurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oligopsone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le marché du lait en France est en situation d’oligopsone, quelques entreprises achetant la production de très nombreux producteurs.
En situation d’oligopsone pur, elle pourra s’approprier une grande partie du surplus du producteur, c’est-à-dire son fournisseur.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.