oscilloscope
\ɔ.si.lɔs.kɔp\
The verdict
“oscilloscope” is uncommon French (frequency #98,322 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,322
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument de mesure destiné à visualiser graphiquement un signal électrique, utilisé par les électroniciens, ingénieurs et scientifiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oscilloscope · oscilloscope · French
oscilloscope · rank #98,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,322
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ortolan
Nearest frequency peer: ortolan (-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 « oscilloscope »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- organiserai
organiserai
1,683 corpus weight
- orm
orm
1,682 corpus weight
- ortolan
ortolan
1,680 corpus weight
- oscilloscope
oscilloscope
1,679 corpus weight
- Ossian
Ossian
1,678 corpus weight
- ouvragée
ouvragée
1,675 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oscilloscope » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oscilloscope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.si.lɔs.kɔp\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #98,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oscilloscope » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oscilloscope is uncommon French at frequency #98,322 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.si.lɔs.kɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument de mesure destiné à visualiser graphiquement un signal électrique, utilisé par les électroniciens, ingénieurs et scientifiques.".
Zero misspellings are on record for oscilloscope in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is oscilloscope, spelled O-S-C-I-L-L-O-S-C-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument de mesure destiné à visualiser graphiquement un signal électrique, utilisé par les électroniciens, ingénieurs et scientifiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oscilloscope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’observation des phénomènes électriques transitoires est techniquement réalisable au moyen d’un oscilloscope.
Synonyms
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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