oust

\ust\

/\ust\/ intj

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The verdict

“oust” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,328. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,328
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de ouste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oust · oust · French

oust · rank #46,328 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,328
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH orthophoniste

Nearest frequency peer: orthophoniste (-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 « oust »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « oust » 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).

oust vs out
75% similar
oust vs ou
50% similar
oust vs os
50% similar

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

Key facts for oust
PropertyValue
Headwordoust
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\ust\
Letters4
Frequency rank#46,328
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oust »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).oustse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « orthophoniste » (#46,327), « outrés » (#46,329), « ordo » (#46,326). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oust » est au #46,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around oust (IPA \ust\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #46,328 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de ouste.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for oust, with forms such as "osut", "ousst", and "oustt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "out", "ou", "os", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is oust, spelled O-U-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de ouste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. – Voilà, barrez-vous, beatniks ! – C’est ça ! Oust ! Bande de misérables ! ajoute Blondin, depuis le bar, pour faire bonne mesure.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osut
  • ousst
  • oustt
  • outs
  • uost

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oust - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osut2ousst1oustt1outs2uost2
Edit distance from "oust"

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 "oust"?
"oust" is spelled O-U-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ust\.
What does "oust" mean?
As an interjection, "oust" means: Variante de ouste.
What words are commonly confused with "oust"?
"oust" is commonly confused with "out", "ou", "os". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oust"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oust" is \ust\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oust" come from?
"oust" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ordo#46,326Perl#46,346loos#46,271rack#46,392

Similar misspelling depth

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

kaya5 variantsJian5 variantsjais5 variantsroué5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list