OQLF

\o.ky.ɛl.ɛf\

/\o.ky.ɛl.ɛf\/ name

The verdict

“OQLF” is uncommon French (frequency #82,302 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,302
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Office québécois de la langue française.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oqlf · OQLF · French

OQLF · rank #82,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,302
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ophtalmologiq…

Nearest frequency peer: ophtalmologique (-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 « OQLF »

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 « OQLF » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for OQLF
PropertyValue
HeadwordOQLF
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\o.ky.ɛl.ɛf\
Letters4
Frequency rank#82,302
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « OQLF » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).OQLFtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ophtalmologique » (#82,301), « orthogonale » (#82,303), « operator » (#82,300). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « OQLF » est au #82,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

OQLF is uncommon French at frequency #82,302 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \o.ky.ɛl.ɛf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Office québécois de la langue française.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for OQLF in our index, 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is OQLF, spelled O-Q-L-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Office québécois de la langue française.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ces données, rendues publiques en vertu de la Loi sur l’accès à l’information, regroupent les plaintes jugées recevables par l’OQLF sur la langue de service, c’est-à-dire quand un citoyen ne peut être servi en français même après en avoir fait la demande.

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 "OQLF"?
"OQLF" is spelled O-Q-L-F. The IPA pronunciation is \o.ky.ɛl.ɛf\.
What does "OQLF" mean?
As a proper noun, "OQLF" means: Office québécois de la langue française.
How do you pronounce "OQLF"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "OQLF" is \o.ky.ɛl.ɛf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "OQLF" come from?
"OQLF" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list