ornemental
\ɔʁ.nə.mɑ̃.tal\
The verdict
“ornemental” is uncommon French (frequency #64,664 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,664
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à l’ornement ; qui sert l’ornement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ornemental · ornemental · French
ornemental · rank #64,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,664
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH optionnels
Nearest frequency peer: optionnels (-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 « ornemental »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ombragés
ombragés
35,341 corpus weight
- OMM
OMM
35,340 corpus weight
- optionnels
optionnels
35,338 corpus weight
- ornemental
ornemental
35,337 corpus weight
- otarie
otarie
35,336 corpus weight
- overlord
overlord
35,335 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ornemental » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ornemental |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.nə.mɑ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ornemental » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ornemental is uncommon French at frequency #64,664 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔʁ.nə.mɑ̃.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui appartient à l’ornement ; qui sert l’ornement.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ornemental in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ornemental, spelled O-R-N-E-M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient à l’ornement ; qui sert l’ornement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ornemental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le forsythia est un arbuste ornemental dont la couleur jaune des fleurs et la floribondité sont très appréciées au début du printemps.
Cependant, le caractère vraiment ornemental et architectural des armoiries, qui ne tolérait pas une représentation des objets sous leur forme parfaitement naturelle, se conserva […] jusqu’au milieu du 16ᵉ [siècle].
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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