œufs

/\ø\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,003

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

œufs is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de œuf. Pronounced \ø\. It ranks #5,003 in French word frequency. Often confused with un and up.

Key facts for œufs
PropertyValue
Headwordœufs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ø\
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,003
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of œufs in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for œufs is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ø\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,003 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de œuf.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for œufs, with forms such as "uœfs", "œfus", and "œuffs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "un", "up", "UK", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is œufs, spelled Œ-U-F-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de œuf.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: uœfs,œfus,œuffs,œufss,œusf

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for œufs

Misspelling Variants of "œufs"

uœfs4œfus4œuffs5œufss5œusf4
Misspelling Variants of "œufs"

Frequency rank: #5,003 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "œufs"?
"œufs" is spelled Œ-U-F-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ø\.
What does "œufs" mean?
As a noun, "œufs" means: Pluriel de œuf.
What words are commonly confused with "œufs"?
"œufs" is commonly confused with "un", "up", "UK". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "œufs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "œufs" is \ø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "œufs" come from?
"œufs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter Œ in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.