ossements

\ɔs.mɑ̃\

/\ɔs.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“ossements” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,925
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ossement : os décharnés des hommes ou des animaux morts.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ossements · ossements · French

ossements · rank #19,925 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #19,925
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH obtiens

Nearest frequency peer: obtiens (-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 « ossements »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ossements » 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).

ossements vs ornements
78% similar

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

Key facts for ossements
PropertyValue
Headwordossements
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔs.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,925
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ossements »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ossementsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « obtiens » (#19,924), « obtenant » (#19,923), « pam » (#19,927). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ossements » est au #19,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around ossements (IPA \ɔs.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,925 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ossement : os décharnés des hommes ou des animaux morts.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ossements, with forms such as "osements", "osesments", and "osseemnts". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ornements", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ossements, spelled O-S-S-E-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ossement : os décharnés des hommes ou des animaux morts.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Puis il s'agissait d'anéantir jusqu'au nom, jusqu'au souvenir, jusqu'aux ossements des rois; il s'agissait de rayer de l'histoire quatorze siècles de monarchie.
  2. Des maisons de neige, il ne restait naturellement plus rien; mais les cendres refroidies et les ossements de phoques attestaient encore le passage des Esquimaux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osements
  • osesments
  • osseemnts
  • ossemennts
  • ossemenst
  • ossementss
  • ossementts
  • ossemetns
  • ossemments
  • ossemnets
  • ossmeents
  • sosements

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ossements - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osements1osesments2osseemnts2ossemennts1ossemenst2ossementss1ossementts1ossemetns2
Edit distance from "ossements"

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 "ossements"?
"ossements" is spelled O-S-S-E-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔs.mɑ̃\.
What does "ossements" mean?
As a noun, "ossements" means: Pluriel de ossement : os décharnés des hommes ou des animaux morts.
What words are commonly confused with "ossements"?
"ossements" is commonly confused with "ornements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ossements"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ossements" is \ɔs.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ossements" come from?
"ossements" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list