orca
\ˈɔr.kə\
The verdict
“orca” is uncommon French (frequency #97,234 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,234
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orque, épaulard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orca · orca · French
orca · rank #97,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,234
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH orbitaire
Nearest frequency peer: orbitaire (-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 « orca »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oliphant
oliphant
2,770 corpus weight
- ombelles
ombelles
2,769 corpus weight
- orbitaire
orbitaire
2,768 corpus weight
- orca
orca
2,767 corpus weight
- ORF
ORF
2,765 corpus weight
- Oswaldo
Oswaldo
2,764 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « orca » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orca |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɔr.kə\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « orca » en français
Rare enough to double-check
orca is uncommon French at frequency #97,234 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɔr.kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orque, épaulard.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for orca in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is orca, spelled O-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1Orque, épaulard.
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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