whoops
\ʍups\
The verdict
“whoops” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oups, interjection qui exprime la surprise, surtout à la suite d'une erreur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-whoops · whoops · French
whoops · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | whoops |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \ʍups\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « whoops » en français
Rare enough to double-check
whoops is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \ʍups\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oups, interjection qui exprime la surprise, surtout à la suite d'une erreur.".
whoops has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is whoops, spelled W-H-O-O-P-S.
Definition
- 1Oups, interjection qui exprime la surprise, surtout à la suite d'une erreur.
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.