ordres

\ɔʁdʁ\

/\ɔʁdʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ordres” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,048
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ordres · ordres · French

ordres · rank #2,048 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,048
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH office

Nearest frequency peer: office (-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 « ordres »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ordres » 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).

ordres vs ores
67% similar
ordres vs ornés
50% similar
ordres vs ormes
67% similar

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

Key facts for ordres
PropertyValue
Headwordordres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁdʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,048
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ordres »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ordresse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « office » (#2,047), « peinture » (#2,049), « marqué » (#2,046). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ordres » est au #2,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ordres (IPA \ɔʁdʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,048 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ordre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ordres, with forms such as "odrres", "orddres", and "orders". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ores", "ornés", "ormes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 ordres, spelled O-R-D-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ordre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’ouvrier est décervelé, son corps psychomoteur se trouve engrené et rythmicisé par la machine, les ordres des petits chefs, l’automate que dirige l’entrepreneur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • odrres
  • orddres
  • orders
  • ordress
  • ordrres
  • ordrse
  • orrdes
  • orrdres
  • rodres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

odrres2orddres1orders2ordress1ordrres1ordrse2orrdes2orrdres1
Edit distance from "ordres"

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 "ordres"?
"ordres" is spelled O-R-D-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁdʁ\.
What does "ordres" mean?
As a noun, "ordres" means: Pluriel de ordre.
What words are commonly confused with "ordres"?
"ordres" is commonly confused with "ores", "ornés", "ormes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ordres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ordres" is \ɔʁdʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ordres" come from?
"ordres" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

office#2,047marqué#2,046profit#2,051blancs#2,027

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

douleur9 variantsdonnent9 variantsdevenue9 variantsclimat9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list