ogres
\ˈəʊ.ɡəz\
The verdict
“ogres” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,498
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ogre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ogres · ogres · French
ogres · rank #42,498 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,498
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH offset
Nearest frequency peer: offset (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ogres »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- occasionnée
occasionnée
57,506 corpus weight
- offensiveme…
offensivement
57,505 corpus weight
- offset
offset
57,504 corpus weight
- ogres
ogres
57,503 corpus weight
- onces
onces
57,501 corpus weight
- onyx
onyx
57,500 corpus weight
What this shows « ogres » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | ogres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈəʊ.ɡəz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ogres »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ogres (IPA \ˈəʊ.ɡəz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,498 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ogre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ogres, with forms such as "gores", "ogers", and "oggres". 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, "ors", "ours", "ores", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ogres, spelled O-G-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ogre.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gores
- ogers
- oggres
- ogress
- ogrres
- ogrse
- orges
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ogres - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).