others

/\ˈʌð.ɚz\/ pron

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,404

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

others is aFrenchpron. It means: Les autres, autrui. Pronounced \ˈʌð.ɚz\. Often confused with ôter and other.

Key facts for others
PropertyValue
Headwordothers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPron
IPA\ˈʌð.ɚz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,404
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of others in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for others is 6 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈʌð.ɚz\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,404 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Les autres, autrui.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for others, with forms such as "ohters", "otehrs", and "otherrs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ôter", "other", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is others, spelled O-T-H-E-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Les autres, autrui.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ohters,otehrs,otherrs,otherss,othesr,othhers,othres,otthers,tohers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for others

Misspelling Variants of "others"

ohters6otehrs6otherrs7otherss7othesr6othhers7othres6otthers7
Misspelling Variants of "others"

Frequency rank: #40,404 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "others"?
"others" is spelled O-T-H-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈʌð.ɚz\.
What does "others" mean?
As a pron, "others" means: Les autres, autrui.
What words are commonly confused with "others"?
"others" is commonly confused with "ôter", "other". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "others"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "others" is \ˈʌð.ɚz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "others" come from?
"others" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.