orangée

\ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\

/\ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\/ adj

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The verdict

“orangée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,578
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de orangé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orangee · orangée · French

orangée · rank #43,578 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,578
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oki

Nearest frequency peer: oki (-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 « orangée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « orangée » 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).

orangée vs ornée
71% similar
orangée vs oranges
71% similar
orangée vs oranger
71% similar

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

Key facts for orangée
PropertyValue
Headwordorangée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,578
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orangée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).orangéese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « oki » (#43,577), « organisaient » (#43,579), « occasionnelles » (#43,576). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orangée » est au #43,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around orangée (IPA \ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,578 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de orangé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for orangée, with forms such as "oarngée", "oragnée", and "orangee". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ornée", "oranges", "oranger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is orangée, spelled O-R-A-N-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de orangé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En fermant les yeux, on avait envie de dire qu’elle était colorée, rouge, peut-être orangée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oarngée
  • oragnée
  • orangee
  • orangeé
  • oranggée
  • oranngée
  • oranége
  • ornagée
  • orrangée
  • roangée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oarngée2oragnée2orangee1orangeé2oranggée1oranngée1oranége2ornagée2
Edit distance from "orangée"

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 "orangée"?
"orangée" is spelled O-R-A-N-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\.
What does "orangée" mean?
As an adjective, "orangée" means: Féminin singulier de orangé.
What words are commonly confused with "orangée"?
"orangée" is commonly confused with "ornée", "oranges", "oranger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orangée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orangée" is \ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orangée" come from?
"orangée" 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 "orangée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list