ozu
/ˈod͡zu/
The verdict
“ozu” is uncommon French (frequency #74,259 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,259
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Génitif singulier de ohcu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ozu · ozu · French
ozu · rank #74,259 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,259
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Oyé
Nearest frequency peer: Oyé (-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 « ozu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ouvrard
Ouvrard
25,746 corpus weight
- ouvrirons
ouvrirons
25,745 corpus weight
- ouïes
ouïes
25,744 corpus weight
- Oyé
Oyé
25,743 corpus weight
- ozu
ozu
25,742 corpus weight
- pacemaker
pacemaker
25,739 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ozu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ozu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈod͡zu/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #74,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ozu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ozu is uncommon French at frequency #74,259 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈod͡zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ozu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ozu, spelled O-Z-U.
Definition
- 1Génitif singulier de ohcu.
- 2Accusatif singulier de ohcu.
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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