Orban
/ɔɹˈbɑn/
"orban" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Orban” is uncommon English (frequency #59,590 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,590
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Hungarian ethnic surname from Hungarian.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Orban |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɔɹˈbɑn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Orban” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Orban is uncommon English at frequency #59,590 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɔɹˈbɑn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Orban in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a Hungarian surname, from Hungarian Orbán, from Latin Urbānus. * As a Walloon (French) and German surname, from a variant of Urbain, from Latin urbānus, the same ultimate source as above. Doublet of Urban. The correct English form is Orban, spelled O-R-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1A Hungarian ethnic surname from Hungarian.
- 2A surname from Walloon French or German.
Etymology
* As a Hungarian surname, from Hungarian Orbán, from Latin Urbānus. * As a Walloon (French) and German surname, from a variant of Urbain, from Latin urbānus, the same ultimate source as above. Doublet of Urban.
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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Using “Orban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-R-B-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.