ordnevsorgieTell them apart

Quick tell: ordne is a verb, orgie is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ordne” is a verb and “orgie” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,893
“ordne” frequency rank
#26,118
“orgie” frequency rank
73011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ordne orgie
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ordnen Orgie

Where the eye mixes ordne and orgie

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ordne (VCCCV) and orgie (VCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
ordne
5 ch
orgie

Visual trap between ordne and orgie

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ordne is [ˈɔʁdnə] while orgie is [ɔʁ.ʒi]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ordne is recorded at frequency rank #46,893, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɔʁdnə]. orgie is at rank #26,118, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɔʁ.ʒi].

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 73011, this pair ranks #372,195 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ordne vs orgie

Shared letters: eor. Private to "ordne": dn. Private to "orgie": gi.

"ordne" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "orgie" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ordne ← odrne · orddne · ornde · orrdne
  • orgie ← ogrie · orgei · orggie · orige · orrgie · rogie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ordne" for "orgie" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ordne" is a verb and "orgie" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ordne" vs "orgie" - which ranks higher?
"orgie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,118 in our German list, against #46,893 for "ordne". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "ordne" and "orgie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ordne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "orgie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #372,195 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ordne" and "orgie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orale vs ordne". 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 #372,195 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list