oval
\oˈvaːl\
The verdict
“oval” is uncommon French (frequency #85,092 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,092
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ovale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oval · oval · French
oval · rank #85,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,092
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH outta
Nearest frequency peer: outta (-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 « oval »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ouaga
Ouaga
14,912 corpus weight
- oueds
oueds
14,911 corpus weight
- outta
outta
14,910 corpus weight
- oval
oval
14,909 corpus weight
- ovalie
ovalie
14,908 corpus weight
- Pabst
Pabst
14,907 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oval » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oval |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \oˈvaːl\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oval » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oval is uncommon French at frequency #85,092 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \oˈvaːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ovale.".
oval has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is oval, spelled O-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1Ovale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oval appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Strafrunde ist eine ovale kurze Strecke mit einer Länge von exakt 150 Meter, die für jeden Fehler zu absolvieren ist. Verschießt man zum Beispiel beim Sprint dreimal, dann muss dieses Oval dreimal gelaufen werden, bevor man sich auf die nächste Runde machen darf.
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).