ogre

\ɔɡʁ\

/\ɔɡʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ogre” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #22,019) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#22,019
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage de conte de fées, sorte de monstre, de géant qui passe pour se nourrir de chair humaine, spécialement de celle des enfants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ogre · ogre · French

ogre · rank #22,019 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,019
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH objections

Nearest frequency peer: objections (-1 rank slots)

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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « ogre »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « ogre » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ogre vs or
50% similar
ogre vs one
50% similar
ogre vs ose
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ogre
PropertyValue
Headwordogre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔɡʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,019
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « ogre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ogrese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « objections » (#22,018), « oligarchie » (#22,020), « novateur » (#22,017). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ogre » est au #22,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ogre is neighbouring look-alikes ("or", "one", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɔɡʁ\. Frequency #22,019 among 1,642 “O” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for ogre, with forms such as "oger", "oggre", and "ogrre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "or", "one", "ose", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ogre, spelled O-G-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personnage de conte de fées, sorte de monstre, de géant qui passe pour se nourrir de chair humaine, spécialement de celle des enfants.
  2. 2
    Mangeur vorace ; goinfre.
  3. 3
    Personne possessive.
  4. 4
    Repris de justice tenancier d’un tapis-franc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ogre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] à un enfant turbulent : Il y a des jours où l’absence d’ogre se fait cruellement sentir.
  2. […] on eût dit qu’il y avait dans cette cave un de ces ogres faméliques, gigantesques héros des légendes populaires, et dont nul ne force impunément la caverne.

This word in other languages

ogre(English)ogro(Español)Oger(Deutsch)ogro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oger
  • oggre
  • ogrre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ogre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oger2oggre1ogrre1
Edit distance from "ogre"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ogre"?
"ogre" is spelled O-G-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔɡʁ\.
What does "ogre" mean?
As a noun, "ogre" means: Personnage de conte de fées, sorte de monstre, de géant qui passe pour se nourrir de chair humaine, spécialement de celle des enfants.
What words are commonly confused with "ogre"?
"ogre" is commonly confused with "or", "one", "ose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ogre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ogre" is \ɔɡʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ogre" come from?
"ogre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ogre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

oued#22,022niel#22,012luce#21,994kung#21,985

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list