Ourthe
\uʁt\
The verdict
“Ourthe” is uncommon French (frequency #77,763 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,763
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière de Belgique, affluent en rive droite de la Meuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ourthe · Ourthe · French
Ourthe · rank #77,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,763
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH orienta
Nearest frequency peer: orienta (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Ourthe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- opossum
opossum
22,241 corpus weight
- orchestral
orchestral
22,240 corpus weight
- orienta
orienta
22,239 corpus weight
- Ourthe
Ourthe
22,238 corpus weight
- outrées
outrées
22,237 corpus weight
- pagan
pagan
22,235 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ourthe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ourthe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \uʁt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ourthe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ourthe is uncommon French at frequency #77,763 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \uʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rivière de Belgique, affluent en rive droite de la Meuse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ourthe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Ourthe, spelled O-U-R-T-H-E.
Definition
- 1Rivière de Belgique, affluent en rive droite de la Meuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ourthe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si par malheur les crues de l’Ourthe coïncidaient avec celles de la Meuse, des inondations catastrophiques affectaient toute la vallée en aval de Liège.
Les habitants d’Houffalize, tapie au fond de sa vallée, au bord de l’Ourthe claire, et que la guerre avait jusque là épargnée, virent arriver les avions […], et une minute plus tard, Houffalize n'existait plus.
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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