ottomans
\ɔ.tɔ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“ottomans” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,066
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de ottoman.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ottomans · ottomans · French
ottomans · rank #29,066 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,066
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH orfèvres
Nearest frequency peer: orfèvres (-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 « ottomans »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- négociateurs
négociateurs
70,939 corpus weight
- ombrage
ombrage
70,937 corpus weight
- orfèvres
orfèvres
70,936 corpus weight
- ottomans
ottomans
70,935 corpus weight
- parlions
parlions
70,934 corpus weight
- Passy
Passy
70,933 corpus weight
What this shows « ottomans » 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 | ottomans |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.tɔ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ottomans »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ottomans (IPA \ɔ.tɔ.mɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,066 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de ottoman.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ottomans, with forms such as "otomans", "ototmans", and "ottmoans". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ottoman", "ottomane", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ottomans, spelled O-T-T-O-M-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de ottoman.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ottomans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des chiens, toute une tribu de ces roquets ottomans qui tiennent du chacal et du matou sans maitre, dormaient tortillés en spirale, jetés de çà de là, pêle-mêle, ou campés à l’écart ; dérangés par un intrus coiffé d’un chapeau de haute forme, et noir, ils grognèrent ; mais une canne brandie et le Ouste auquel l’engeance a coutume d'obéir les incitèrent à…
C'était la diarrhée, le "flux de sang" de cette dysenterie qui décimait encore davantage les assiégés que les bouches à feu et les cimeterres ottomans.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otomans
- ototmans
- ottmoans
- ottoamns
- ottomanns
- ottomanss
- ottomasn
- ottommans
- ottomnas
- totomans
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ottomans - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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