orange
/ˈɒɹ.ɪnd͡ʒ/
"orange" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“orange” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,400
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
Corpus desk
Index EN-orange · orange · English
orange · rank #2,400 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,400
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH opposite
Nearest frequency peer: opposite (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “orange”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- minor
minor
97,604 corpus weight
- moments
moments
97,603 corpus weight
- opposite
opposite
97,602 corpus weight
- orange
orange
97,601 corpus weight
- ourselves
ourselves
97,600 corpus weight
- pages
pages
97,599 corpus weight
What this shows “orange” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orange |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒɹ.ɪnd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “orange”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around orange (IPA /ˈɒɹ.ɪnd͡ʒ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,400 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for orange, with forms such as "oarnge", "oragne", and "oraneg". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Osage", "oranges", "Oran", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree ▲ Italian melaranciacalq. Old French Orengeinflu. ▲ Old Occitan auranjainflu. Old French pomme d'orenge Old French orenge Middle French orangebor. Middle English orenge English orange Inherited from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old Fre… The correct English form is orange, spelled O-R-A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
- 2Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
- 3Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
- 4The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
- 5Various drinks
- 6Various drinks:
- 7Various drinks:
- 8Various drinks:
- 9An orange-coloured roundel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how orange appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“What you drinking?” “Orange and soda will go down nicely, thanks.” “Pint?” “Sure.” Andy headed for the bar, stopping along the way to kiss Shaunna and check she and Kris were OK for a drink. “Everything all right?” Sean asked.
I ran out into the street and around the block, searching everywhere, and finally burst into O'Dowd's pub around the corner to see Thomas sitting at the bar drinking orange and eating a bag of crisps with two old men.
Etymology
Etymology tree ▲ Italian melaranciacalq. Old French Orengeinflu. ▲ Old Occitan auranjainflu. Old French pomme d'orenge Old French orenge Middle French orangebor. Middle English orenge English orange Inherited from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“fruit orange”), influenced by the place name Orange (which is from Gaulish and unrelated to the word for the fruit and color) and by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and un'arancia (“an orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Early Classical Persian نَارَنْگْ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy), compound of நாரம் (nāram, “water”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము, నారింజ (nāraṅgamu, nāriñja), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)). Originally borrowed as the surname (derived from the place name) in the 13th century, before the sense of the fruit was imported in the late 14th century and the color in 1510. In the color sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oarnge
- oragne
- oraneg
- orangge
- orannge
- ornage
- orrange
- roange
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orange - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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