Which to use
“ord” and “orgy” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,520
- “ord” frequency rank
- #21,304
- “orgy” frequency rank
- 51824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ord | orgy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A point. | A secret rite or ceremony, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc). |
Letter map: ord vs orgy
Shared letters muted; letters that set ord and orgy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ord runs 3 letters (VCC) against orgy's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: ord and orgy
ord and orgy are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ord is recorded at frequency rank #30,520, classified as anoun. orgy is at rank #21,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔː.d͡ʒi/.
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 51824, this pair ranks #162,183 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ord vs orgy
Shared letters: or. Private to "ord": d. Private to "orgy": gy.
"ord" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "orgy" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- orgy ← ogry · orggy · orgyy · orrgy · oryg · rogy
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ord" and "orgy" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ord" vs "orgy" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ord" and "orgy".
- Full dictionary entry for "ord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "orgy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,183 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ord" and "orgy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "omi vs ord". 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 #162,183 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.