oranges
\ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“oranges” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,701. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,701
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des pluriels de orange.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oranges · oranges · French
oranges · rank #15,701 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,701
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ordonner
Nearest frequency peer: ordonner (+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 « oranges »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ocean
ocean
84,304 corpus weight
- octave
octave
84,303 corpus weight
- oil
oil
84,302 corpus weight
- oranges
oranges
84,300 corpus weight
- ordonner
ordonner
84,299 corpus weight
- orne
orne
84,298 corpus weight
What this shows « oranges » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | oranges |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oranges »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around oranges (IPA \ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,701 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Un des pluriels de orange.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for oranges, with forms such as "oarnges", "oranegs", and "orangess". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ornés", "otages", "ornées", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is oranges, spelled O-R-A-N-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Un des pluriels de orange.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oranges appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et “l’affaire des assiettes oranges” ne fut pas une errance de la mode mais la révélation de l’ampleur d’une ambition : on irait jusqu’à inventer des couleurs.
Il faudrait rédiger un guide d’identification des espèces pour aider les responsables des pouvoirs publics à reconnaître les différents spécimens et aider les commerçants à faire des déclarations cohérentes, ne serait-ce que pour éviter par exemple la confusion entre la mère loche et la loche à taches oranges.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oarnges
- oranegs
- orangess
- orangges
- orangse
- orannges
- ornages
- orranges
- roanges
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oranges - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).