ordonnance

/\ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,593

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

ordonnance is aFrenchnoun. It means: Disposition des choses selon l’ordre, la convenance. Pronounced \ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s\. It ranks #4,593 in French word frequency. Often confused with ordonnant.

Key facts for ordonnance
PropertyValue
Headwordordonnance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,593
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ordonnance in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ordonnance is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,593 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for ordonnance, with forms such as "odronnance", "orddonnance", and "ordnonance". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ordonnant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ordonnance, spelled O-R-D-O-N-N-A-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disposition des choses selon l’ordre, la convenance.
  2. 2
    Prescription, règlement fait par une ou plusieurs personnes qui ont droit et pouvoir de le faire.
  3. 3
    Décision judiciaire qui soit tend à mettre fin précocement à la procédure, soit règle une question de procédure, soit présente un caractère urgent et provisoire.
  4. 4
    Règlement et acte qui était fait par le roi pour l’exécution des lois ou pour des objets d’administration qui ne doivent pas être la matière d’une loi.
  5. 5
    Acte législatif pris par le gouvernement, sous habilitation du Parlement et ratifié par ce dernier.
  6. 6
    Acte législatif pris par le gouvernement, sous habilitation du Parlement et ratifié par ce dernier.
  7. 7
    Acte législatif voté par le Parlement de la région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
  8. 8
    Avis donné de payer une certaine somme, mandat de paiement.
  9. 9
    Chose conforme à ce qui est prescrit.
  10. 10
    Prescription d’un médecin, soit pour le régime à suivre, soit pour les remèdes à prendre.
  11. 11
    Écrit par lequel le médecin ordonne quelque chose.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: odronnance,orddonnance,ordnonance,ordonance,ordonannce,ordonnacne,ordonnancce,ordonnanec,ordonnannce,ordonnnace,orodnnance,orrdonnance,rodonnance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ordonnance

Misspelling Variants of "ordonnance"

odronnance10orddonnance11ordnonance10ordonance9ordonannce10ordonnacne10ordonnancce11ordonnanec10
Misspelling Variants of "ordonnance"

Frequency rank: #4,593 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ordonnance"?
"ordonnance" is spelled O-R-D-O-N-N-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s\.
What does "ordonnance" mean?
As a noun, "ordonnance" means: Disposition des choses selon l’ordre, la convenance.
What words are commonly confused with "ordonnance"?
"ordonnance" is commonly confused with "ordonnant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ordonnance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ordonnance" is \ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ordonnance" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.