ordinaire

\ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\

/\ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“ordinaire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,629
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commun ; habituel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ordinaire · ordinaire · French

ordinaire · rank #3,629 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,629
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH open

Nearest frequency peer: open (-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 « ordinaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ordinaire » 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).

ordinaire vs originaire
80% similar
ordinaire vs ordinaires
90% similar

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

Key facts for ordinaire
PropertyValue
Headwordordinaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,629
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ordinaire »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « open » (#3,628), « paire » (#3,630), « nuits » (#3,627). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ordinaire » est au #3,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around ordinaire (IPA \ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,629 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ordinaire, with forms such as "odrinaire", "orddinaire", and "ordianire". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "originaire", "ordinaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ordinaire, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commun ; habituel.
  2. 2
    Qui est habituel à quelqu’un.
  3. 3
    Qui ne dépasse pas le niveau commun.
  4. 4
    Médiocre, dont les manières laissent à désirer.
  5. 5
    Il s’est dit des officiers de la maison du roi, qui remplissaient leurs fonctions toute l’année, par opposition à ceux qui servaient par quartier. Il s’est dit aussi de quelques autres serviteurs habituels de la maison du roi, quoiqu’ils ne servissent que par quartier.
  6. 6
    Malpoli, discourtois, peu aimable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alors, si le vent du nord vient à souffler, ces graux sont promptement agrandis, il s'en forme même de nouveaux, et les étangs se déchargent en peu de jours d'une grande partie de leurs eaux ; ils se vident presque entièrement si le mistral (nord-ouest) souffle assez long-temps avec son impétuosité ordinaire.
  2. À la suractivité ordinaire des rues de New York s’ajouta une fièvre belliqueuse.

Synonyms

habituel

Antonyms

extraordinaire

This word in other languages

ordinary(English)alltäglich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • odrinaire
  • orddinaire
  • ordianire
  • ordinaier
  • ordinairre
  • ordinarie
  • ordiniare
  • ordinnaire
  • ordniaire
  • oridnaire
  • orrdinaire
  • rodinaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

odrinaire2orddinaire1ordianire2ordinaier2ordinairre1ordinarie2ordiniare2ordinnaire1
Edit distance from "ordinaire"

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 "ordinaire"?
"ordinaire" is spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\.
What does "ordinaire" mean?
As an adjective, "ordinaire" means: Commun ; habituel.
What words are commonly confused with "ordinaire"?
"ordinaire" is commonly confused with "originaire", "ordinaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ordinaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ordinaire" is \ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ordinaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

médicale12 variantsregistre12 variantsinvestir12 variantsgénéraux12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list