ordinations

\ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\

/\ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“ordinations” is uncommon French (frequency #81,410 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,410
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ordinations · ordinations · French

ordinations · rank #81,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,410
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Orbit

Nearest frequency peer: Orbit (-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 « ordinations »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ordinations » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ordinations
PropertyValue
Headwordordinations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,410
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ordinations » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ordinationstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Orbit » (#81,409), « OPJ » (#81,408), « osselets » (#81,412). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ordinations » est au #81,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ordinations is uncommon French at frequency #81,410 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ordination.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ordinations in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ordinations, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ordination.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il convient de signaler que le recensement des ordinations de prêtres dans cette publication officielle de l'Église orthodoxe serbe est peu fiable et sensiblement sous-quantifié.

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 "ordinations"?
"ordinations" is spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "ordinations" mean?
As a noun, "ordinations" means: Pluriel de ordination.
How do you pronounce "ordinations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ordinations" is \ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list