orage
\ɔ.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“orage” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,471 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,471
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perturbation atmosphérique, ordinairement de peu de durée, qui se manifeste par un vent impétueux, de la pluie ou de la grêle, des éclairs et du tonnerre ou une tornade.
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 | orage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “orage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for orage is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.ʁaʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,471 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for orage, with forms such as "oarge", "oraeg", and "oragge". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "oral", "orge", "Oran", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is orage, spelled O-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Perturbation atmosphérique, ordinairement de peu de durée, qui se manifeste par un vent impétueux, de la pluie ou de la grêle, des éclairs et du tonnerre ou une tornade.
- 2Malheurs dont on est menacé ; disgrâces qui surviennent tout à coup, soit dans les affaires publiques, soit dans la fortune des particuliers.
- 3Désaccord violent qui se produit entre deux ou plusieurs personnes.
- 4Ce qui vient troubler la paix de l’âme.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oarge,oraeg,oragge,orgae,orrage,roage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orage - 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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Using “orage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ.ʁaʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “oral” - see the side-by-side comparison. orage vs oral
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.