optima
\ɔp.ti.ma\
The verdict
“optima” is uncommon French (frequency #65,369 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,369
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de optimum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-optima · optima · French
optima · rank #65,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,369
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 75,470
- PHOTO-FINISH optionnelles
Nearest frequency peer: optionnelles (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “optima”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- odontologie
odontologie
34,636 corpus weight
- onomatopées
onomatopées
34,634 corpus weight
- optima
optima
34,632 corpus weight
- optionnelles
optionnelles
34,631 corpus weight
- orchestrées
orchestrées
34,630 corpus weight
- organisèrent
organisèrent
34,629 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “optima” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | optima |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔp.ti.ma\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “optima” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
optima is uncommon French at frequency #65,369 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔp.ti.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de optimum.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for optima, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is optima, spelled O-P-T-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de optimum.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.