ôter

\o.te\

/\o.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“ôter” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,605
frequency rank, French
4
letters
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer une chose de la place où elle est.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oter · ôter · French

ôter · rank #17,605 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,605
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Ô" thin
  • PHOTO-FINISH accordant

Nearest frequency peer: accordant (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ôter »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

ôter vs our
25% similar
ôter vs otto
25% similar
ôter vs Owen
25% similar

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

Key facts for ôter
PropertyValue
Headwordôter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\o.te\
Letters4
Frequency rank#17,605
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ôter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ôterse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « accordant » (#17,606), « étonnée » (#17,603), « accumule » (#17,607). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ôter (IPA \o.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,605. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ôter, with forms such as "oter", "tôer", and "ôetr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "our", "otto", "Owen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ôter, spelled Ô-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tirer une chose de la place où elle est.
  2. 2
    Enlever, déposer, en parlant des différentes parties du vêtement.
  3. 3
    Ravir, enlever, prendre quelque chose à quelqu’un, l’en priver.
  4. 4
    Faire cesser, faire passer, délivrer quelqu’un de quelque chose qui l’incommode.
  5. 5
    Retrancher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On plante les tulipes depuis la mi-Octobre jusqu'à la fin de Novembre. Examinez bien vos oignons avant de planter ; ôtez ceux qui sont malades ; […].
  2. Faites raidir les tranches de bacon dans une poêle antiadhésive. Ôtez du feu et laissez refroidir.

This word in other languages

take away(English)remover(Español)abnehmen(Deutsch)tirar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oter
  • tôer
  • ôetr
  • ôterr
  • ôtre
  • ôtter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ôter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oter1tôer2ôetr2ôterr1ôtre2ôtter1
Edit distance from "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ôter"?
"ôter" is spelled Ô-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \o.te\.
What does "ôter" mean?
As a verb, "ôter" means: Tirer une chose de la place où elle est.
What words are commonly confused with "ôter"?
"ôter" is commonly confused with "our", "otto", "Owen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ôter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ôter" is \o.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ôter" come from?
"ôter" 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 "ôter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Agen#17,610Yvan#17,595year#17,594than#17,575

Similar misspelling depth

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

ample6 variantsBauer6 variantscanot6 variantsslave6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list