oster
The verdict
“oster” is uncommon French (frequency #72,592 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,592
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de ôter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oster · oster · French
oster · rank #72,592 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,592
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ornithologue
Nearest frequency peer: ornithologue (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « oster »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ophtalmolog…
ophtalmologiste
27,412 corpus weight
- oriol
oriol
27,411 corpus weight
- ornithologue
ornithologue
27,410 corpus weight
- oster
oster
27,409 corpus weight
- packer
packer
27,408 corpus weight
- Palmade
Palmade
27,407 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oster » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oster |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oster » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oster is uncommon French at frequency #72,592 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de ôter.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for oster, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is oster, spelled O-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Variante de ôter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
son évanoüissement n’avoit pas osté les couleurs vives de son teint
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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