ormeau
\ɔʁ.mo\
The verdict
“ormeau” is uncommon French (frequency #93,054 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,054
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mollusque marin comestible du genre Haliotis, en forme d’oreille avec une rangée de trous.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ormeau · ormeau · French
ormeau · rank #93,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,054
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH orléanaise
Nearest frequency peer: orléanaise (-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 « ormeau »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Okazaki
Okazaki
6,951 corpus weight
- onusiennes
onusiennes
6,949 corpus weight
- orléanaise
orléanaise
6,948 corpus weight
- ormeau
ormeau
6,947 corpus weight
- oseriez
oseriez
6,946 corpus weight
- oublieux
oublieux
6,944 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ormeau » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ormeau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.mo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ormeau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ormeau is uncommon French at frequency #93,054 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mollusque marin comestible du genre Haliotis, en forme d’oreille avec une rangée de trous.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ormeau in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 ormeau, spelled O-R-M-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Mollusque marin comestible du genre Haliotis, en forme d’oreille avec une rangée de trous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ormeau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Autre atout régional, avance encore le préfet, la production d’ormeaux, au deuxième rang mondial après la Chine, qui se nourrissent d’algues. Un tiers de la production coréenne d’algues servirait à nourrir ce mollusque marin à coquille.
Synonyms
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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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