oster
The verdict
“oster” is uncommon French (frequency #72,592 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,592
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de ôter.
| 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) |
Where “oster” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oster is uncommon French at frequency #72,592 among 75,470 “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.
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 “oster”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.