otite
\ɔ.tit\
The verdict
“otite” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,505
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation de la peau ou de la muqueuse de l’oreille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-otite · otite · French
otite · rank #42,505 · 6 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,505
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH orgies
Nearest frequency peer: orgies (-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 « otite »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- opt
opt
57,499 corpus weight
- orageuse
orageuse
57,498 corpus weight
- orgies
orgies
57,497 corpus weight
- otite
otite
57,496 corpus weight
- P3
P3
57,495 corpus weight
- parapente
parapente
57,494 corpus weight
What this shows « otite » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | otite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.tit\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « otite »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around otite (IPA \ɔ.tit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,505 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inflammation de la peau ou de la muqueuse de l’oreille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for otite, with forms such as "oitte", "otiet", and "otitte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "otto", "ouïe", "Ovide", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is otite, spelled O-T-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Inflammation de la peau ou de la muqueuse de l’oreille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how otite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’ailleurs, ces otites chroniques provoquent des écoulements purulents. Si les otites réapparaissent perpétuellement, elles provoquent des perforations tympaniques. Les otites sérieuses dues à la présence de liquide derrière le tympan occasionnent la surdité congénitale et elles évoluent par degré sur une oreille escompte d’infection.
Le traitement médical de l’otite chronique connaît l’une ou l’autre amélioration, notamment avec les perméabilisants des tissus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oitte
- otiet
- otitte
- ottie
- ottite
- toite
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of otite - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).