osmose

\ɔs.moz\

/\ɔs.moz\/ noun

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The verdict

“osmose” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,462
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Échange entre deux solutions séparées par une membrane semi-perméable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-osmose · osmose · French

osmose · rank #37,462 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,462
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ori

Nearest frequency peer: ori (-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 « osmose »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « osmose » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

osmose vs opposé
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for osmose
PropertyValue
Headwordosmose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔs.moz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,462
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « osmose »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.osmosese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ori » (#37,461), « ovnis » (#37,463), « organisez » (#37,460). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « osmose » est au #37,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around osmose (IPA \ɔs.moz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,462 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for osmose, with forms such as "omsose", "osmmose", and "osmoes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "opposé", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is osmose, spelled O-S-M-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Échange entre deux solutions séparées par une membrane semi-perméable.
  2. 2
    Pénétration.
  3. 3
    Harmonie, mariage, parfait ensemble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how osmose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les échanges opérés par osmose dépendent de la nature des solutions et de celle des membranes.
  2. Son idéologie [de la bourgeoisie] s'écroule : elle justifiait la propriété par le travail et aussi par cette lente osmose qui diffuse dans l'âme des possédants les vertus des choses possédées.

Synonyms

interpénétration

This word in other languages

osmosis(English)ósmosis(Español)Osmose(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • omsose
  • osmmose
  • osmoes
  • osmosse
  • osmsoe
  • osomse
  • ossmose
  • somose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of osmose - 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.

omsose2osmmose1osmoes2osmosse1osmsoe2osomse2ossmose1somose2
Edit distance from "osmose"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "osmose"?
"osmose" is spelled O-S-M-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔs.moz\.
What does "osmose" mean?
As a noun, "osmose" means: Échange entre deux solutions séparées par une membrane semi-perméable.
What words are commonly confused with "osmose"?
"osmose" is commonly confused with "opposé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "osmose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "osmose" is \ɔs.moz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "osmose" come from?
"osmose" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "osmose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list