oratrice
\ɔ.ʁa.tʁis\
The verdict
“oratrice” is uncommon French (frequency #92,002 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,002
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui compose, qui prononce des discours ou des ouvrages d’éloquence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oratrice · oratrice · French
oratrice · rank #92,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,002
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH optimisent
Nearest frequency peer: optimisent (-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 « oratrice »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- opens
opens
8,002 corpus weight
- opportunes
opportunes
8,001 corpus weight
- optimisent
optimisent
8,000 corpus weight
- oratrice
oratrice
7,999 corpus weight
- ordonnons
ordonnons
7,998 corpus weight
- Ordovicien
Ordovicien
7,997 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oratrice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oratrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁa.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oratrice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oratrice is uncommon French at frequency #92,002 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.ʁa.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
oratrice has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 oratrice, spelled O-R-A-T-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui compose, qui prononce des discours ou des ouvrages d’éloquence.
- 2Celle qui parle dans un échange.
- 3Celle dont la fonction est de parler dans une assemblée.
- 4Celle qui parle avec facilité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oratrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle n’était pas une grande oratrice… On peut même dire qu’elle parlait plat… Mais qu’importe… Elle s’imposait… On la respectait…
Dans quel venin tremper nos dards ? lance une voix plus lyrique depuis les premiers rangs. — Et si, ajoute une autre oratrice, nous en revenions au doigt de Dieu ? Silence consterné dans la salle.
This word in other languages
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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