ouléma
\u.le.ma\
The verdict
“ouléma” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné, chez les Turcs et chez les Arabes, aux docteurs de la loi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oulema · ouléma · French
ouléma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ouléma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.le.ma\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ouléma is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.le.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné, chez les Turcs et chez les Arabes, aux docteurs de la loi.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ouléma in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ouléma, spelled O-U-L-É-M-A.
Definition
- 1Nom donné, chez les Turcs et chez les Arabes, aux docteurs de la loi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ouléma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les étudiants en théologie, auxquels s’était jointe une populace interlope, et menés par un de leurs professeurs, l’ouléma Abbas, avaient envahi la faculté d’en face et malmené quelques enseignants jugés hérétiques.
Le corps des oulémas.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.