Which to use
“ôter” and “oyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,605
- “ôter” frequency rank
- #39,920
- “oyez” frequency rank
- 57525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ôter | oyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tirer une chose de la place où elle est. | Deuxième personne de l’indicatif présent du verbe ouïr. |
Where the eye mixes ôter and oyez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ôter vs oyez
A purely visual mix-up. ôter (\o.te\) and oyez (\ɔ.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ôter is recorded at frequency rank #17,605, classified as averb, pronounced \o.te\. oyez is at rank #39,920, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.je\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 57525, this pair ranks #114,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ôter vs oyez
Shared letters: e. Private to "ôter": rtô. Private to "oyez": oyz.
"ôter" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "oyez" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- oyez ← oeyz · oyezz · oyyez · oyze · yoez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ôter" and "oyez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ôter" vs "oyez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ôter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "oyez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ôter" and "oyez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ones vs oyez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #114,520 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.