orages

\ɔ.ʁaʒ\

/\ɔ.ʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“orages” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,818
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de orage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orages · orages · French

orages · rank #11,818 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,818
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oppression

Nearest frequency peer: oppression (-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 « orages »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « orages » 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).

orages vs orge
67% similar
orages vs ores
67% similar
orages vs otage
67% similar

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

Key facts for orages
PropertyValue
Headwordorages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ʁaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,818
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orages »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).oragesse 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 « oppression » (#11,817), « osent » (#11,819), « only » (#11,816). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orages » est au #11,818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around orages (IPA \ɔ.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,818 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de orage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for orages, with forms such as "oarges", "oraegs", and "oragess". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "orge", "ores", "otage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is orages, spelled O-R-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de orage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les violents orages de grêle qui ont touché la Dordogne, lundi 20 juin, notamment en Ribéracois, ont laissé des traces.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oarges
  • oraegs
  • oragess
  • oragges
  • oragse
  • orgaes
  • orrages
  • roages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orages - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oarges2oraegs2oragess1oragges1oragse2orgaes2orrages1roages2
Edit distance from "orages"

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 "orages"?
"orages" is spelled O-R-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʁaʒ\.
What does "orages" mean?
As a noun, "orages" means: Pluriel de orage.
What words are commonly confused with "orages"?
"orages" is commonly confused with "orge", "ores", "otage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orages" is \ɔ.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orages" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

prône8 variantsimiter8 variantsSophia8 variantsFabien8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list