ordinateurs

\ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ\

/\ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“ordinateurs” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,421. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,421
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ordinateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ordinateurs · ordinateurs · French

ordinateurs · rank #6,421 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,421
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH obstacles

Nearest frequency peer: obstacles (-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 « ordinateurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ordinateurs » 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).

ordinateurs vs ordinateur
91% similar

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

Key facts for ordinateurs
PropertyValue
Headwordordinateurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,421
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ordinateurs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ordinateursse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « obstacles » (#6,420), « orientale » (#6,422), « nier » (#6,419). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ordinateurs » est au #6,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around ordinateurs (IPA \ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,421 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ordinateur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for ordinateurs, with forms such as "odrinateurs", "orddinateurs", and "ordianteurs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ordinateur", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ordinateurs, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-T-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ordinateur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Alors celle-là ! qui m’avait espanté en cinq minutes dans un bureau d’accueil, au milieu des prospectus, des ordinateurs et des téléphones…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • odrinateurs
  • orddinateurs
  • ordianteurs
  • ordinaeturs
  • ordinaterus
  • ordinateurrs
  • ordinateurss
  • ordinateusr
  • ordinatteurs
  • ordinatuers
  • ordinnateurs
  • ordintaeurs
  • ordniateurs
  • oridnateurs
  • orrdinateurs
  • rodinateurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

odrinateurs2orddinateurs1ordianteurs2ordinaeturs2ordinaterus2ordinateurrs1ordinateurss1ordinateusr2
Edit distance from "ordinateurs"

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 "ordinateurs"?
"ordinateurs" is spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-T-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ\.
What does "ordinateurs" mean?
As a noun, "ordinateurs" means: Pluriel de ordinateur.
What words are commonly confused with "ordinateurs"?
"ordinateurs" is commonly confused with "ordinateur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ordinateurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ordinateurs" is \ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ordinateurs" come from?
"ordinateurs" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list