Oradour

\o.ʁa.duʁ\

/\o.ʁa.duʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Oradour” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,325. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,325
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département du Cantal intégrée à la commune de Neuvéglise-sur-Truyère en janvier 2017.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oradour · Oradour · French

Oradour · rank #46,325 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #46,325
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Obamacare

Nearest frequency peer: Obamacare (-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 « Oradour »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Oradour » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

Oradour vs orateur
57% similar

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

Key facts for Oradour
PropertyValue
HeadwordOradour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\o.ʁa.duʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,325
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Oradour »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Oradourse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Obamacare » (#46,324), « ordo » (#46,326), « orthophoniste » (#46,327). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « Oradour » est au #46,325. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Oradour (IPA \o.ʁa.duʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,325 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oradour, with forms such as "oardour", "oraddour", and "oradoru". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "orateur", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Oradour, spelled O-R-A-D-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département du Cantal intégrée à la commune de Neuvéglise-sur-Truyère en janvier 2017.
  2. 2
    Commune française du département de la Charente.
  3. 3
    Oradour-sur-Glane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les habitants d’Oradour sont nommés Radounaux et Radounales, ou Radounauds et Radounaudes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oardour
  • oraddour
  • oradoru
  • oradourr
  • oraduor
  • oraodur
  • ordaour
  • orradour
  • roadour

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oradour - 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.

oardour2oraddour1oradoru2oradourr1oraduor2oraodur2ordaour2orradour1
Edit distance from "Oradour"

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 "Oradour"?
"Oradour" is spelled O-R-A-D-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \o.ʁa.duʁ\.
What does "Oradour" mean?
As a proper noun, "Oradour" means: Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département du Cantal intégrée à la commune de Neuvéglise-sur-Truyère en janvier 2017.
What words are commonly confused with "Oradour"?
"Oradour" is commonly confused with "orateur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Oradour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Oradour" is \o.ʁa.duʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Oradour" come from?
"Oradour" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nivelle#46,319paierai#46,333perdrez#46,345montons#46,304

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

outrés9 variantsPhilipe9 variantspiquait9 variantsplexus9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list