œsophage
\e.zɔ.faʒ\
The verdict
“œsophage” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,678. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,678
- frequency rank, French
- 749
- “Œ” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Canal musculo-membraneux qui s’étend du fond de la bouche (le pharynx) jusqu’à l’orifice supérieur de l’estomac (le cardia), dans lequel il conduit les aliments.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | œsophage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.zɔ.faʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “œsophage” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around œsophage (IPA \e.zɔ.faʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,678 among 749 “Œ” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Canal musculo-membraneux qui s’étend du fond de la bouche (le pharynx) jusqu’à l’orifice supérieur de l’estomac (le cardia), dans lequel il conduit les aliments.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for œsophage, with forms such as "sœophage", "œosphage", and "œsohpage". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Sophie", "soulagé", "soudage", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is œsophage, spelled Œ-S-O-P-H-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Canal musculo-membraneux qui s’étend du fond de la bouche (le pharynx) jusqu’à l’orifice supérieur de l’estomac (le cardia), dans lequel il conduit les aliments.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sœophage,œosphage,œsohpage,œsopahge,œsophaeg,œsophagge,œsophgae,œsophhage,œsopphage,œspohage,œssophage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of œsophage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “œsophage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Œ-S-O-P-H-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.zɔ.faʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Sophie” - see the side-by-side comparison. œsophage vs Sophie
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.