oost

noun

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The verdict

“oost” is uncommon French (frequency #95,129 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,129
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Est, levant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oost · oost · French

oost · rank #95,129 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,129
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ondées

Nearest frequency peer: ondées (-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 « oost »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oost » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for oost
PropertyValue
Headwordoost
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#95,129
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « oost » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.oosttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ondées » (#95,128), « ojo » (#95,126), « orientait » (#95,132). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oost » est au #95,129. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oost is uncommon French at frequency #95,129 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oost, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is oost, spelled O-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Est, levant.
  2. 2
    est.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how oost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Oost-Parijs : l’Est de Paris.
  2. de Oostzee : la mer Baltique.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oost"?
"oost" is spelled O-O-S-T.
What does "oost" mean?
As a noun, "oost" means: Est, levant.
What language does "oost" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "oost", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

puri#95,203mech#95,052rach#95,212ranc#95,219

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list