Osiris
\ɔ.zi.ʁis\
The verdict
“Osiris” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,673
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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...
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Index FR-osiris · Osiris · French
Osiris · rank #28,673 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,673
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH osera
Nearest frequency peer: osera (-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 « Osiris »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- opportunist…
opportunistes
71,331 corpus weight
- orée
orée
71,330 corpus weight
- osera
osera
71,329 corpus weight
- Osiris
Osiris
71,328 corpus weight
- ouragans
ouragans
71,327 corpus weight
- paint
paint
71,325 corpus weight
What this shows « Osiris » 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 | Osiris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.zi.ʁis\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Osiris »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Osiris (IPA \ɔ.zi.ʁis\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,673 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Osiris, with forms such as "oisris", "osiirs", and "osiriss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "osais", "oserais", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Osiris, spelled O-S-I-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Nom 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.
- 2Nom informel donné à la planète extrasolaire HD 209458 b.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Osiris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dès l’Ancien Empire, tout souverain mort devenait l’Osiris (par exemple, on trouve dans les Textes des Pyramides, « l’Osiris Ounas »), tandis que le pharaon vivant était l’Horus. Donc, le fils du souverain décédé.
L'oxygène est un indicateur important pour la présence de la vie. Ce n'est pourtant pas le cas sur Osiris dont la température de surface atteint les 1000 °C.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oisris
- osiirs
- osiriss
- osirris
- osirsi
- osriis
- ossiris
- soiris
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Osiris - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).