Ouranos

\u.ʁa.nos\

/\u.ʁa.nos\/ name

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The verdict

“Ouranos” is an uncommon French word, ranked #96,208 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#96,208
frequency rank, French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de Uranus.

Key facts for Ouranos
PropertyValue
HeadwordOuranos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\u.ʁa.nos\
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,208
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Ouranos” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Ouranos lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Ouranos is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \u.ʁa.nos\. Corpus data places it at rank #96,208 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante de Uranus.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ouranos, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Ouranos, spelled O-U-R-A-N-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de Uranus.

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 "Ouranos"?
"Ouranos" is spelled O-U-R-A-N-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \u.ʁa.nos\.
What does "Ouranos" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ouranos" means: Variante de Uranus.
How do you pronounce "Ouranos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ouranos" is \u.ʁa.nos\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ouranos" come from?
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Using “Ouranos”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is O-U-R-A-N-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \u.ʁa.nos\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list