Othe
The verdict
“Othe” is uncommon French (frequency #97,238 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,238
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française du département de Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-othe · Othe · French
Othe · rank #97,238 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,238
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Oswaldo
Nearest frequency peer: Oswaldo (-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 « Othe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ORF
ORF
2,765 corpus weight
- Oswaldo
Oswaldo
2,764 corpus weight
- Othe
Othe
2,763 corpus weight
- oudot
oudot
2,762 corpus weight
- Oumou
Oumou
2,761 corpus weight
- outragée
outragée
2,760 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Othe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Othe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Othe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Othe is uncommon French at frequency #97,238 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Othe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Othe, spelled O-T-H-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française du département de Meurthe-et-Moselle.
- 2Vaste région forestière qui se répartit sur une partie des départements français de l'Yonne et de l'Aube.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Othe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La bizarrerie administrative dont elle est victime, Othe s'en accommode depuis fort longtemps. Pensez donc ! Depuis 1790 (création des départements) qu'elle vit avec son statut d'enclave meurthe-et-mosellane en territoire meusien, elle s’est fait une raison. Elle a beau n'être pas plus grosse qu'une tête d’épingle sur la carte, la commune de 35 habitants,…
Dilo, Dei locus, tel est le nom donné, vers 1152 ou 1156, par de pieux religieux de l'ordre de Premontré, à l'une des vastes solitudes de la forêt d’Othe.
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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