ouch

\uʃ\

/\uʃ\/ intj

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The verdict

“ouch” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,653
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aïe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ouch · ouch · French

ouch · rank #34,653 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,653
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ovaire

Nearest frequency peer: ovaire (+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 « ouch »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ouch » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ouch vs oui
50% similar
ouch vs out
50% similar
ouch vs ouf
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ouch
PropertyValue
Headwordouch
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\uʃ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,653
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ouch »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ouchse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ovaire » (#34,654), « orifices » (#34,651), « OVH » (#34,655). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ouch » est au #34,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around ouch (IPA \uʃ\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #34,653 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Aïe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ouch, with forms such as "ocuh", "oucch", and "ouchh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "oui", "out", "ouf", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ouch, spelled O-U-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aïe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous ne connaissez pas Emmanuelle Auriol ? Vous allez la connaître. Cette économiste de l’école de Toulouse (celle du Nobel Tirol) était citée dans un article du Monde d’hier. Et sa suggestion fait la Une de Libé de ce matin : “pourquoi il faut légaliser l’immigration”. “La réalité, dit Auriol, c’est que l’Europe et les États-Unis manquent de migrants”. P…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ocuh
  • oucch
  • ouchh
  • ouhc
  • uoch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ouch - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ocuh2oucch1ouchh1ouhc2uoch2
Edit distance from "ouch"

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 "ouch"?
"ouch" is spelled O-U-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \uʃ\.
What does "ouch" mean?
As an interjection, "ouch" means: Aïe.
What words are commonly confused with "ouch"?
"ouch" is commonly confused with "oui", "out", "ouf". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ouch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouch" is \uʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ouch" come from?
"ouch" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

OPEP#34,648oder#34,643prat#34,682lose#34,601

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

loki5 variantsrana5 variantsJouy5 variantsseal5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list