Orangina
\ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒi.na\
The verdict
“Orangina” is uncommon French (frequency #54,138 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,138
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boisson gazeuse sucrée et non alcoolisée à base d’oranges et de citrons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orangina · Orangina · French
Orangina · rank #54,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,138
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH orangers
Nearest frequency peer: orangers (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Orangina »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oppressions
oppressions
45,867 corpus weight
- oranais
oranais
45,865 corpus weight
- orangers
orangers
45,864 corpus weight
- Orangina
Orangina
45,863 corpus weight
- papaye
papaye
45,861 corpus weight
- paradox
paradox
45,860 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Orangina » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Orangina |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒi.na\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Orangina » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Orangina is uncommon French at frequency #54,138 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒi.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Boisson gazeuse sucrée et non alcoolisée à base d’oranges et de citrons.".
Orangina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Orangina, spelled O-R-A-N-G-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Boisson gazeuse sucrée et non alcoolisée à base d’oranges et de citrons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Orangina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En plus il était Français, j'en suis sûre. – Comment ça ? Parce qu'il était chauve ? – Mais non, pas du tout ! Parce qu'il a commandé un Orangina. – Hein ? C'est quoi le rapport ?
Je me suis installée à Saint-Germain-des-Prés pour boire une Orangina et une tasse de café.
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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