ostrogoth
\ɔs.tʁo.ɡo\
The verdict
“ostrogoth” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui ignore les usages, les bienséances, tel que serait un barbare venu d’un pays lointain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ostrogoth · ostrogoth · French
ostrogoth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | ostrogoth |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔs.tʁo.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ostrogoth » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ostrogoth is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔs.tʁo.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui ignore les usages, les bienséances, tel que serait un barbare venu d’un pays lointain.".
ostrogoth doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ostrogoth, spelled O-S-T-R-O-G-O-T-H.
Definition
- 1Celui qui ignore les usages, les bienséances, tel que serait un barbare venu d’un pays lointain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ostrogoth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut vraiment le chaos littéraire où la France est tombée pour qu'on puisse supporter ou qu'on ose imprimer des pièces et des romans comme ceux de cet ostrogoth.
Le commissaire.— Hein ? Quoi ?… Un mot de plus, je vous fais empoigner ! A-t-on idée d’un ostrogoth pareil, qui vient semer la perturbation et faire le révolutionnaire jusque dans le commissariat !…
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.