Oma
\oːma\
The verdict
“Oma” is uncommon French (frequency #66,959 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,959
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand-maman, mamie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oma · Oma · French
Oma · rank #66,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,959
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH offusquent
Nearest frequency peer: offusquent (-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 « Oma »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Odet
Odet
33,045 corpus weight
- Odoxa
Odoxa
33,044 corpus weight
- offusquent
offusquent
33,043 corpus weight
- Oma
Oma
33,042 corpus weight
- onomastique
onomastique
33,041 corpus weight
- opposeront
opposeront
33,040 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Oma » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \oːma\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #66,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Oma » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Oma is uncommon French at frequency #66,959 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \oːma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Oma in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Oma, spelled O-M-A.
Definition
- 1Grand-maman, mamie.
- 2Vielle femme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Oma ist die Frau meines Opas.
Für die Königsberger Klopse nach Omas Art das Brötchen in Wasser einweichen, ausdrücken und in einer großen Schüssel mit Hackfleisch, fein gewürfelten Zwiebeln, Eiern, Salz, Pfeffer und Senf zu einer Masse vermengen.
Synonyms
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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