ordinary
\ˈɔɹd.ˌnɛɹ.i\
The verdict
“ordinary” is an uncommon French word, ranked #70,078 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #70,078
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ordinaire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ordinary |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɔɹd.ˌnɛɹ.i\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ordinary” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ordinary is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈɔɹd.ˌnɛɹ.i\. Corpus data places it at rank #70,078 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
ordinary doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 ordinary, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Ordinaire.
- 2Quelconque.
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Antonyms
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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Using “ordinary”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈɔɹd.ˌnɛɹ.i\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.