oppressante
\ɔ.pʁe.sɑ̃t\
The verdict
“oppressante” is uncommon French (frequency #59,499 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,499
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de oppressant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oppressante · oppressante · French
oppressante · rank #59,499 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,499
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Oppo
Nearest frequency peer: Oppo (-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 « oppressante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Omi
Omi
40,504 corpus weight
- Oppo
Oppo
40,503 corpus weight
- oppressante
oppressante
40,502 corpus weight
- opta
opta
40,501 corpus weight
- oratorio
oratorio
40,500 corpus weight
- orbes
orbes
40,499 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oppressante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oppressante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.pʁe.sɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oppressante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oppressante is uncommon French at frequency #59,499 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.pʁe.sɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de oppressant.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for oppressante, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is oppressante, spelled O-P-P-R-E-S-S-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de oppressant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oppressante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chaleur était oppressante et ce soir-là le mercure n'était pas descendu en dessous des trente-cinq degrés.
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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