Oslo
\ɔs.lo\
The verdict
“Oslo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,270) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #18,270
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de la Norvège.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oslo · Oslo · French
Oslo · rank #18,270 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,270
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH opérée
Nearest frequency peer: opérée (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Oslo »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- onéreux
onéreux
81,734 corpus weight
- opérant
opérant
81,733 corpus weight
- opérée
opérée
81,732 corpus weight
- Oslo
Oslo
81,731 corpus weight
- papes
papes
81,730 corpus weight
- parlée
parlée
81,729 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « Oslo » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
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 | Oslo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔs.lo\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Oslo »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Oslo is neighbouring look-alikes ("ost", "osm", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced \ɔs.lo\. Frequency #18,270 among 1,642 “O” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oslo, with forms such as "olso", "osllo", and "osol". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ost", "osm", "otto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Oslo, spelled O-S-L-O.
Definition
- 1Capitale de la Norvège.
- 2Le gouvernement de la Norvège.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oslo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oslo recommande un confinement volontaire en invitant sa population à rester chez soi et à limiter les contacts sociaux, et impose une quarantaine de sept jours –assortie de deux tests négatifs– aux personnes arrivant de l’étranger.
À l’âge de 17 ans, il suit pendant quelques mois les cours du Collège royal de dessin à Oslo, alors appelée Kristiana, et expose pour la première fois deux ans plus tard.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- olso
- osllo
- osol
- osslo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oslo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Oslo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).