osier
\o.zje\
The verdict
“osier” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,184. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,184
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit saule dont les jets ou scions sont fort pliants et propres à faire des liens, des paniers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-osier · osier · French
osier · rank #35,184 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,184
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Othon
Nearest frequency peer: Othon (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “osier”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- omissions
omissions
64,821 corpus weight
- opérées
opérées
64,819 corpus weight
- osier
osier
64,817 corpus weight
- Othon
Othon
64,816 corpus weight
- ourse
ourse
64,815 corpus weight
- ovules
ovules
64,813 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “osier” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | osier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.zje\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “osier” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around osier (IPA \o.zje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,184 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for osier, with forms such as "oiser", "oseir", and "osierr". 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, "ôter", "ouïe", "other", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is osier, spelled O-S-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Petit saule dont les jets ou scions sont fort pliants et propres à faire des liens, des paniers.
- 2Jet ou scion de cet arbrisseau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how osier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
N’oublions pas de mentionner ici l’osier qui croit dans quelques parties du centre et du sud-est du département ; c’est une plante qui vient très-bien dans les terres humides et marécageuses, qui demande peu de soins et qui est d’un très-bon rapport. On l’utilise dans le pays de Vouziers pour la vannerie.
On nomme osier les espèces de saules dont les rameaux longs et flexibles sont coupés chaque année pour tresser des paniers.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oiser
- oseir
- osierr
- osire
- ossier
- soier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of osier - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "osier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "osier". Here's where to go from here.
- "osier" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ôter". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #35,184 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.