origami
/ˌɒ.ɹɪˈɡɑː.mɪ/
"origami" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“origami” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,279. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,279
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The Japanese art of paper folding.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | origami |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɒ.ɹɪˈɡɑː.mɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “origami” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around origami (IPA /ˌɒ.ɹɪˈɡɑː.mɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,279 among 15,494 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for origami, with forms such as "oirgami", "orgiami", and "oriagmi". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”). The correct English form is origami, spelled O-R-I-G-A-M-I.
Definition
- 1The Japanese art of paper folding.
- 2A piece of art made by folding paper.
- 3The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
- 4The materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
- 5The mathematics field that studies folding two-dimensional surfaces into three-dimensional structures, using folds and creases akin to those in the art of origami.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oirgami
- orgiami
- oriagmi
- origaim
- origammi
- origgami
- origmai
- orrigami
- roigami
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of origami - 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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Using “origami”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-R-I-G-A-M-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɒ.ɹɪˈɡɑː.mɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.