ordures ménagères
\ɔʁ.dyʁ me.na.ʒɛʁ\
The verdict
“ordures ménagères” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Déchets domestiques produits par les activités quotidiennes des ménages (restes alimentaires, emballages, objets usagés), collectés par les services municipaux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ordures ménagères |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.dyʁ me.na.ʒɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ordures ménagères” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ordures ménagères is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.dyʁ me.na.ʒɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Déchets domestiques produits par les activités quotidiennes des ménages (restes alimentaires, emballages, objets usagés), collectés par les services municipaux.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ordures ménagères, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ordures ménagères, spelled O-R-D-U-R-E-S- -M-É-N-A-G-È-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Déchets domestiques produits par les activités quotidiennes des ménages (restes alimentaires, emballages, objets usagés), collectés par les services municipaux.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ordures ménagères”
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- The one correct French spelling is O-R-D-U-R-E-S- -M-É-N-A-G-È-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔʁ.dyʁ me.na.ʒɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.