oral
\ɔ.ʁal\
The verdict
“oral” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,734
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est exprimé ou transmis de vive voix, par opposition à écrit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oral · oral · French
oral · rank #7,734 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,734
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH obtention
Nearest frequency peer: obtention (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « oral »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- notoriété
notoriété
92,270 corpus weight
- observateur
observateur
92,269 corpus weight
- obtention
obtention
92,268 corpus weight
- oral
oral
92,267 corpus weight
- parker
parker
92,266 corpus weight
- passions
passions
92,265 corpus weight
What this shows « oral » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oral »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around oral (IPA \ɔ.ʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,734 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for oral, with forms such as "oarl", "orall", and "orla". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ors", "oro", "ori", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is oral, spelled O-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui est exprimé ou transmis de vive voix, par opposition à écrit.
- 2Qualifie les examens qui consistent uniquement en interrogations.
- 3Relatif à la bouche.
- 4Qualifie un son qui est émis uniquement par la bouche, par opposition à nasal.
- 5Qui est fait par la bouche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enseignement oral. — Engagement oral. — Tradition orale.
Examen oral — Épreuves orales.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oarl
- orall
- orla
- orral
- roal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oral - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).