otton

\ɔ.tɔ̃\

/\ɔ.tɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“otton” is uncommon French (frequency #55,487 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,487
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grain qui reste attaché, lors du battage, aux glumes, voire à l’épillet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-otton · otton · French

otton · rank #55,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,487
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH orthographiqu…

Nearest frequency peer: orthographiques (-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 « otton »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « otton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for otton
PropertyValue
Headwordotton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.tɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,487
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « otton » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ottontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « orthographiques » (#55,486), « Ouimet » (#55,488), « origan » (#55,485). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « otton » est au #55,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

otton is uncommon French at frequency #55,487 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grain qui reste attaché, lors du battage, aux glumes, voire à l’épillet.".

otton doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 otton, spelled O-T-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grain qui reste attaché, lors du battage, aux glumes, voire à l’épillet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […]; car le grain coupé avant cette époque devient retrait , se bat mal , fait beaucoup de ottons , n'est pas de garde et ne peut servir en semence ; outre cela, la paille revient dans le tas et prend un goût de chanci.
  2. Jusqu'ici les ottons, pilons, grosses têtes, épis cassés et non battus, etc., tombaient à terre, mélangés avec une certaine proportion de grain, et à la fin de la journée on était obligé de repasser tous ces débris dans le batteur ou sur les secoueurs, pour en obtenir la séparation et le nettoyage.

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 "otton"?
"otton" is spelled O-T-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.tɔ̃\.
What does "otton" mean?
As a noun, "otton" means: Grain qui reste attaché, lors du battage, aux glumes, voire à l’épillet.
How do you pronounce "otton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "otton" is \ɔ.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "otton" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "otton", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list