Ouessant

\we.sɑ̃\

/\we.sɑ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Ouessant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,049. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,049
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île française de la mer Celtique située dans le département du Finistère, dans la région Bretagne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ouessant · Ouessant · French

Ouessant · rank #43,049 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #43,049
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oserai

Nearest frequency peer: oserai (-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 « Ouessant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Ouessant » 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).

Ouessant vs obéissant
56% similar

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

Key facts for Ouessant
PropertyValue
HeadwordOuessant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\we.sɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,049
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Ouessant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Ouessantse 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 « oserai » (#43,048), « osa » (#43,047), « packers » (#43,051). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « Ouessant » est au #43,049. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Ouessant (IPA \we.sɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,049 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ouessant, with forms such as "oeussant", "ouesant", and "ouesasnt". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "obéissant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Ouessant, spelled O-U-E-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Île française de la mer Celtique située dans le département du Finistère, dans la région Bretagne.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département du Finistère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La commune d’Ouessant.
  2. Vers midi, jeudi, un plongeur de loisirs a été blessé par l’hélice d’un semi-rigide passant au-dessus de lui, à Ouessant.

This word in other languages

Ushant(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oeussant
  • ouesant
  • ouesasnt
  • ouessannt
  • ouessantt
  • ouessatn
  • ouessnat
  • ousesant
  • uoessant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ouessant - 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.

oeussant2ouesant1ouesasnt2ouessannt1ouessantt1ouessatn2ouessnat2ousesant2
Edit distance from "Ouessant"

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 "Ouessant"?
"Ouessant" is spelled O-U-E-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \we.sɑ̃\.
What does "Ouessant" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ouessant" means: Île française de la mer Celtique située dans le département du Finistère, dans la région Bretagne.
What words are commonly confused with "Ouessant"?
"Ouessant" is commonly confused with "obéissant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ouessant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ouessant" is \we.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ouessant" come from?
"Ouessant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

oisiveté#43,040pictural#43,065pistache#43,066plancton#43,068

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

noyées9 variantsnoyers9 variantsnageuse9 variantsNadège9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list