ostraciser
\ɔs.tʁa.si.ze\
The verdict
“ostraciser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper d’ostracisme, exclure, bannir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ostraciser · ostraciser · French
ostraciser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ostraciser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔs.tʁa.si.ze\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ostraciser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɔs.tʁa.si.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ostraciser, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ostraciser, spelled O-S-T-R-A-C-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Frapper d’ostracisme, exclure, bannir.
- 2Écarter du pouvoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ostraciser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On se sert de la langue, ou de la non-maîtrise des règles, comme outil pour exclure, stigmatiser, ostraciser.
On ne cherche pas à ostraciser les gens qui ne veulent pas se faire vacciner, mais on ne peut pas passer à côté d’une solution qui va nous permettre de rouvrir nos entreprises.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.