oppresse
\ɔ.pʁɛs\
The verdict
“oppresse” is uncommon French (frequency #68,521 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,521
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de oppresser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oppresse · oppresse · French
oppresse · rank #68,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,521
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Ophelia
Nearest frequency peer: Ophelia (-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 « oppresse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- omettent
omettent
31,484 corpus weight
- ondulatoire
ondulatoire
31,482 corpus weight
- Ophelia
Ophelia
31,481 corpus weight
- oppresse
oppresse
31,480 corpus weight
- oulémas
oulémas
31,478 corpus weight
- outback
outback
31,477 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oppresse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oppresse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔ.pʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oppresse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oppresse is uncommon French at frequency #68,521 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɔ.pʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oppresse, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is oppresse, spelled O-P-P-R-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de oppresser.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de oppresser.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de oppresser.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de oppresser.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de oppresser.
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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