ossature

\ɔ.sa.tyʁ\

/\ɔ.sa.tyʁ\/ noun

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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
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de la charpente osseuse d’un homme, d’un animal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ossature · ossature · French

ossature · rank #25,759 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,759
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH paraisse

Nearest frequency peer: paraisse (+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 « ossature »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ossature » 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
Key facts for ossature
PropertyValue
Headwordossature
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.sa.tyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,759
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ossature »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ossaturese 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 « paraisse » (#25,760), « obtienne » (#25,757), « paranoïaque » (#25,761). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ossature » est au #25,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ossature (IPA \ɔ.sa.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,759 among 1,642 “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

  1. 1
    Ensemble de la charpente osseuse d’un homme, d’un animal.
  2. 2
    Charpente, ensemble des parties solides qui tiennent un tout.
  3. 3
    Ce qui structure un tout.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’ossature d’une voûte.
  2. L’architecte, par hasard intelligent, un jeune homme amoureux des temps nouveaux, ... avait monté toute l’ossature en fer.

Synonyms

squelettecharpentecolonne vertébrale

This word in other languages

skeleton(English)Gerippe(Deutsch)

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.

osasture2osature1ossatrue2ossatture1ossatuer2ossaturre1ossautre2osstaure2
Edit distance from "ossature"

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 "ossature"?
"ossature" is spelled O-S-S-A-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.sa.tyʁ\.
What does "ossature" mean?
As a noun, "ossature" means: Ensemble de la charpente osseuse d’un homme, d’un animal.
What are common misspellings of "ossature"?
Common misspellings include "osasture", "osature", "ossatrue", "ossatture", "ossatuer". The correct spelling is "ossature".
How do you pronounce "ossature"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ossature" is \ɔ.sa.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ossature" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paraisse#25,760obtienne#25,757pigments#25,766portails#25,770

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

piégés9 variantsquêtes9 variantsmarsan9 variantsreposé9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list