orage

\ɔ.ʁaʒ\

/\ɔ.ʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“orage” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,471
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orage · orage · French

orage · rank #7,471 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,471
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH opportunités

Nearest frequency peer: opportunités (-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 « orage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « orage » 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).

orage vs oral
60% similar
orage vs orge
80% similar
orage vs Oran
40% similar

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

Key facts for orage
PropertyValue
Headwordorage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ʁaʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,471
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.oragese 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 « opportunités » (#7,470), « occurrence » (#7,469), « ouvrant » (#7,473). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orage » est au #7,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around orage (IPA \ɔ.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,471 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Malheurs dont on est menacé ; disgrâces qui surviennent tout à coup, soit dans les affaires publiques, soit dans la fortune des particuliers.
  3. 3
    Désaccord violent qui se produit entre deux ou plusieurs personnes.
  4. 4
    Ce qui vient troubler la paix de l’âme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’entends sous le feuillage L’eau qui tombe à grand bruit, Voici, venir l’orage Voilà l’éclair qui luit. Entends-tu le tonnerre ? Il roule en approchant, …
  2. La Verse ou le versage des blés, et de beaucoup de plantes céréales, est un accident occasionné, ou par de grands vents, des orages, de fortes pluies, ou par le trop d'embonpoint que prennent les plantes dans les temps chauds et humides.

Synonyms

tempêtegraintourmenterafale descendante

This word in other languages

storm(English)tormenta(Español)Sturm(Deutsch)tempestade(Português)

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.

oarge2oraeg2oragge1orgae2orrage1roage2
Edit distance from "orage"

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 "orage"?
"orage" is spelled O-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʁaʒ\.
What does "orage" mean?
As a noun, "orage" means: 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.
What words are commonly confused with "orage"?
"orage" is commonly confused with "oral", "orge", "Oran". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orage" is \ɔ.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orage" come from?
"orage" 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 "orage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nuire#7,468lions#7,456Kelly#7,455péril#7,489

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

masses6 variantsdoré6 variantsbâti6 variantsaidez6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list