Oolong
\u.lɔ̃ŋ\
The verdict
“Oolong” is uncommon French (frequency #90,992 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,992
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type de thé à oxydation incomplète.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oolong · Oolong · French
Oolong · rank #90,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,992
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Oona
Nearest frequency peer: Oona (+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 « Oolong »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Oolong
Oolong
9,009 corpus weight
- Oona
Oona
9,008 corpus weight
- opposite
opposite
9,007 corpus weight
- orfraie
orfraie
9,006 corpus weight
- ornementaux
ornementaux
9,005 corpus weight
- Osny
Osny
9,004 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Oolong » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oolong |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.lɔ̃ŋ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Oolong » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Oolong is uncommon French at frequency #90,992 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.lɔ̃ŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de thé à oxydation incomplète.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Oolong in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Oolong, spelled O-O-L-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Type de thé à oxydation incomplète.
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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