ordonnance
\ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s\
The verdict
“ordonnance” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,593 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,593
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Disposition des choses selon l’ordre, la convenance.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ordonnance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ordonnance” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ordonnance is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ordonnance, with forms such as "odronnance", "orddonnance", and "ordnonance". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ordonnance, spelled O-R-D-O-N-N-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Disposition des choses selon l’ordre, la convenance.
- 2Prescription, règlement fait par une ou plusieurs personnes qui ont droit et pouvoir de le faire.
- 3Décision judiciaire qui soit tend à mettre fin précocement à la procédure, soit règle une question de procédure, soit présente un caractère urgent et provisoire.
- 4Règlement 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.
- 5Acte législatif pris par le gouvernement, sous habilitation du Parlement et ratifié par ce dernier.
- 6Acte législatif pris par le gouvernement, sous habilitation du Parlement et ratifié par ce dernier.
- 7Acte législatif voté par le Parlement de la région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
- 8Avis donné de payer une certaine somme, mandat de paiement.
- 9Chose conforme à ce qui est prescrit.
- 10Prescription d’un médecin, soit pour le régime à suivre, soit pour les remèdes à prendre.
- 11Écrit 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ordonnance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “ordonnance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-R-D-O-N-N-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ordonnant” - see the side-by-side comparison. ordonnance vs ordonnant
- 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.