osseux

Name: osseux, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɔ.sø\

/\ɔ.sø\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“osseux” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,900
frequency rank, French: 1,642
“O” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est de la nature des os ; qui est relatif aux os.

Corpus desk

Index FR-osseux · osseux · French

osseux · rank #27,900 · 6 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,900
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-MID 1,642
PHOTO-FINISH osait

Nearest frequency peer: osait (-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.

orphée

72,104
osais

72,103
osait

72,102
osseux

72,101
padoue

72,100
paradoxale

72,099

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

osseux vs odieux

67% similar

osseux vs oiseaux

71% similar

osseux vs osseuse

71% similar

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

Key facts for osseux
Property	Value
Headword	osseux
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ɔ.sø\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#27,900
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « osseux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).osseuxse place ici:

#27,900

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « osait » (#27,899), « padoue » (#27,901), « osais » (#27,898). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « osseux » est au #27,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around osseux (IPA \ɔ.sø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,900 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for osseux, with forms such as "osesux", "oseux", and "osseuxx". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "odieux", "oiseaux", "osseuse", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is osseux, spelled O-S-S-E-U-X.

Definition

1
Qui est de la nature des os ; qui est relatif aux os.
2
Qui a les os apparents, saillants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Cette fragilité est-elle propre aux os des cancéreux, ou tient-elle au développement des cancers multiples dans le système osseux ?
L’hyperdensification globale d’une pièce osseuse est un phénomène assez rare ; le paléopathologiste pourra l’avoir soupçonné d’après un poids anormal de la pièce ou constaté sur un cliché radiographique.

This word in other languages

osseous(English)óseo(Español)knöchern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

osesux
oseux
osseuxx
ossexu
ossuex
soseux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "osseux"

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 "osseux"?

"osseux" is spelled O-S-S-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.sø\.

What does "osseux" mean?

As an adjective, "osseux" means: Qui est de la nature des os ; qui est relatif aux os.

What words are commonly confused with "osseux"?

"osseux" is commonly confused with "odieux", "oiseaux", "osseuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "osseux"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "osseux" is \ɔ.sø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "osseux" come from?

"osseux" 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 "osseux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

padoue#27,901 orphée#27,897 opposa#27,895 Onfray#27,894

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

osait6 variants osais6 variants magne6 variants rallie6 variants