oser
\o.ze\
The verdict
“oser” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,714
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir la hardiesse, l’audace de dire, de faire quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oser · oser · French
oser · rank #9,714 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,714
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH originaires
Nearest frequency peer: originaires (-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 « oser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- OCDE
OCDE
90,290 corpus weight
- organisent
organisent
90,289 corpus weight
- originaires
originaires
90,288 corpus weight
- oser
oser
90,287 corpus weight
- Palme
Palme
90,286 corpus weight
- parte
parte
90,285 corpus weight
What this shows « oser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \o.ze\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around oser (IPA \o.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,714 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for oser, with forms such as "oesr", "oserr", and "osre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "our", "ost", "ôté", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is oser, spelled O-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Avoir la hardiesse, l’audace de dire, de faire quelque chose.
- 2Entreprendre avec courage, avec assurance.
- 3Ne pas vouloir, par prudence, par ménagement, faire ou dire certaines choses.
- 4Avoir l’autorisation de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Osera-t-elle confier à ce bon petit diable, à ce démon sans manières ni éducation le soin de faire d’elle cette merveille d’imperfection, cette mendiante richissime, cette dérangeuse comblante qu’est une femme amoureuse ?
Mademoiselle, oserai-je vous demander si vous avez donné un pendant à ce charmant paysage que vous présentâtes l’autre jour au maréchal ?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oesr
- oserr
- osre
- osser
- soer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oser - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).