ossature
\ɔ.sa.tyʁ\
The verdict
“ossature” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,759
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble de la charpente osseuse d’un homme, d’un animal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ossature |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.sa.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ossature” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around ossature (IPA \ɔ.sa.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,759 among 75,470 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ossature, with forms such as "osasture", "osature", and "ossatrue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 ossature, spelled O-S-S-A-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de la charpente osseuse d’un homme, d’un animal.
- 2Charpente, ensemble des parties solides qui tiennent un tout.
- 3Ce qui structure un tout.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osasture
- osature
- ossatrue
- ossatture
- ossatuer
- ossaturre
- ossautre
- osstaure
- sosature
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ossature - 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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Using “ossature”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-S-S-A-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ.sa.tyʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.