ouzo
\u.zo\
The verdict
“ouzo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liqueur d’origine grecque parfumée à l’anis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ouzo · ouzo · French
ouzo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | ouzo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.zo\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ouzo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ouzo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.zo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Liqueur d’origine grecque parfumée à l’anis.".
ouzo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ouzo, spelled O-U-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Liqueur d’origine grecque parfumée à l’anis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ouzo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Parfait, conclut la Mastodonte, vous étiez donc chez le Chinois et vous buviez du retsina. — Non, de l’ouzo. Leur retsina n'est pas bon. Il est trouble, il sent mauvais.
Rien à voir, le raki turc, c'est plutôt comme de l'ouzo.
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.