ouistiti
\wis.ti.ti\
The verdict
“ouistiti” is uncommon French (frequency #70,908 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,908
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire de plusieurs espèces de petits singes de la famille des callitrichidés originaires d’Amérique et parfois appelés également marmousets.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ouistiti |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wis.ti.ti\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ouistiti” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ouistiti is uncommon French at frequency #70,908 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \wis.ti.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
ouistiti doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ouistiti, spelled O-U-I-S-T-I-T-I.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire de plusieurs espèces de petits singes de la famille des callitrichidés originaires d’Amérique et parfois appelés également marmousets.
- 2Personne étrange ou enfant espiègle qui suscite une méfiance mesurée. → voir loustic et zigoto
- 3Pince de cambrioleur permettant de faire tourner de l'extérieur une clé restée dans une serrure.
This word in other languages
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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Using “ouistiti”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-U-I-S-T-I-T-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \wis.ti.ti\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.