ombudsman
\ɔm.byds.man\
The verdict
“ombudsman” is uncommon French (frequency #55,479 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,479
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Médiateur indépendant, représentant un contre-pouvoir, un recours contre l'État, ses abus, ses lourdeurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ombudsman · ombudsman · French
ombudsman · rank #55,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,479
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oléoducs
Nearest frequency peer: oléoducs (-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 « ombudsman »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oesophage
oesophage
44,525 corpus weight
- ohm
ohm
44,524 corpus weight
- oléoducs
oléoducs
44,523 corpus weight
- ombudsman
ombudsman
44,522 corpus weight
- omoplate
omoplate
44,521 corpus weight
- oni
oni
44,520 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ombudsman » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ombudsman |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔm.byds.man\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ombudsman » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ombudsman is uncommon French at frequency #55,479 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔm.byds.man\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ombudsman in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ombudsman, spelled O-M-B-U-D-S-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Médiateur indépendant, représentant un contre-pouvoir, un recours contre l'État, ses abus, ses lourdeurs.
- 2Tout médiateur indépendant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ombudsman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mme Mulroney dit avoir pleinement confiance en la capacité de la commissaire aux services en français, un poste créé au sein du bureau de l'ombudsman de l’Ontario après l’abolition du Commissariat, d’enquêter sur les manquements à la LSF.
Les ombudsmans sont des porteurs de doléances des citoyens, des usagers ou des consommateurs.
Synonyms
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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