Osiris

/\ɔ.zi.ʁis\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,673

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Osiris is aFrenchname. It means: Nom grec d’Ausarê, dieu de la mythologie égyptienne, dieu mort et dieu des morts, assassiné par son frère Seth et époux d’Aset (Isis), dont il eut le fils Hor (Horus le jeune). Il est le fils de Ge... Pronounced \ɔ.zi.ʁis\. Often confused with osais and oserais.

Key facts for Osiris
PropertyValue
HeadwordOsiris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ɔ.zi.ʁis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,673
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Osiris in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Osiris is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.zi.ʁis\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,673 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Osiris, with forms such as "oisris", "osiirs", and "osiriss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "osais", "oserais", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Osiris, spelled O-S-I-R-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom grec d’Ausarê, dieu de la mythologie égyptienne, dieu mort et dieu des morts, assassiné par son frère Seth et époux d’Aset (Isis), dont il eut le fils Hor (Horus le jeune). Il est le fils de Geb et de Nout.
  2. 2
    Nom informel donné à la planète extrasolaire HD 209458 b.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oisris,osiirs,osiriss,osirris,osirsi,osriis,ossiris,soiris

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Osiris

Misspelling Variants of "Osiris"

oisris6osiirs6osiriss7osirris7osirsi6osriis6ossiris7soiris6
Misspelling Variants of "Osiris"

Frequency rank: #28,673 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Osiris"?
"Osiris" is spelled O-S-I-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.zi.ʁis\.
What does "Osiris" mean?
As a name, "Osiris" means: Nom grec d’Ausarê, dieu de la mythologie égyptienne, dieu mort et dieu des morts, assassiné par son frère Seth et époux d’Aset (Isis), dont il eut le fils Hor (Horus le jeune). Il est le fils de Ge...
What words are commonly confused with "Osiris"?
"Osiris" is commonly confused with "osais", "oserais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Osiris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Osiris" is \ɔ.zi.ʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Osiris" come from?
"Osiris" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.