Wotan
The verdict
“Wotan” is an uncommon French word, ranked #78,059 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #78,059
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Le dieu nordique Odin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wotan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wotan” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Wotan is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #78,059 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Le dieu nordique Odin.".
Wotan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Wotan, spelled W-O-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Le dieu nordique Odin.
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 “Wotan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is W-O-T-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.