oscars

\ɔs.kaʁ\

/\ɔs.kaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“oscars” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,050
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de oscar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oscars · oscars · French

oscars · rank #9,050 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,050
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH optimiste

Nearest frequency peer: optimiste (-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 « oscars »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « oscars » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

oscars vs Oskar
50% similar
oscars vs Oscar
67% similar
oscars vs osais
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for oscars
PropertyValue
Headwordoscars
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔs.kaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,050
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oscars »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).oscarsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « optimiste » (#9,049), « parcouru » (#9,051), « méchante » (#9,047). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oscars » est au #9,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around oscars (IPA \ɔs.kaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,050 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de oscar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for oscars, with forms such as "ocsars", "osacrs", and "oscarrs". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Oskar", "Oscar", "osais", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 oscars, spelled O-S-C-A-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de oscar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le tout est servi par la bande originale de Gustavo Santaolalla, lauréat de deux Oscars de la meilleure musique de film.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ocsars
  • osacrs
  • oscarrs
  • oscarss
  • oscasr
  • osccars
  • oscras
  • osscars
  • socars

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oscars - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ocsars2osacrs2oscarrs1oscarss1oscasr2osccars1oscras2osscars1
Edit distance from "oscars"

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 "oscars"?
"oscars" is spelled O-S-C-A-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔs.kaʁ\.
What does "oscars" mean?
As a noun, "oscars" means: Pluriel de oscar.
What words are commonly confused with "oscars"?
"oscars" is commonly confused with "Oskar", "Oscar", "osais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oscars"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oscars" is \ɔs.kaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oscars" come from?
"oscars" 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 "oscars", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

percer#9,053modéré#9,044menant#9,041priver#9,060

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

platine9 variantsKennedy9 variantssursis9 variantsfurieux9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list