oreillons

\ɔ.ʁɛj.ɔ̃\

/\ɔ.ʁɛj.ɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“oreillons” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,695
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infection virale des glandes parotides provoquant des douleurs aux oreilles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oreillons · oreillons · French

oreillons · rank #48,695 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,695
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oim

Nearest frequency peer: oim (-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 « oreillons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « oreillons » 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).

oreillons vs oreilles
78% similar
oreillons vs oreillers
78% similar

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

Key facts for oreillons
PropertyValue
Headwordoreillons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ʁɛj.ɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,695
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oreillons »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).oreillonsse 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 « oim » (#48,694), « orton » (#48,696), « offrirai » (#48,693). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oreillons » est au #48,695. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around oreillons (IPA \ɔ.ʁɛj.ɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,695 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Infection virale des glandes parotides provoquant des douleurs aux oreilles.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for oreillons, with forms such as "oerillons", "oreillnos", and "oreillonns". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "oreilles", "oreillers", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is oreillons, spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Infection virale des glandes parotides provoquant des douleurs aux oreilles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Je pouvais à peine ouvrir la bouche, comme quand on a les oreillons. »
  2. L’idée de combiner les vaccins n’est pas nouvelle. Par exemple, depuis les années 1970, on combine les vaccins contre la rougeole, la rubéole et les oreillons (vaccin RRO) pour immuniser les jeunes enfants.

Synonyms

oripiauxparotidite ourlienneparotidite virale

This word in other languages

mumps(English)paperas(Español)Mumps(Deutsch)caxumba(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oerillons
  • oreillnos
  • oreillonns
  • oreillonss
  • oreillosn
  • oreilolns
  • oreilons
  • orelilons
  • oriellons
  • orreillons
  • roeillons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oerillons2oreillnos2oreillonns1oreillonss1oreillosn2oreilolns2oreilons1orelilons2
Edit distance from "oreillons"

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 "oreillons"?
"oreillons" is spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʁɛj.ɔ̃\.
What does "oreillons" mean?
As a noun, "oreillons" means: Infection virale des glandes parotides provoquant des douleurs aux oreilles.
What words are commonly confused with "oreillons"?
"oreillons" is commonly confused with "oreilles", "oreillers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oreillons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oreillons" is \ɔ.ʁɛj.ɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oreillons" come from?
"oreillons" 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 "oreillons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ouvrirent#48,697Nivernais#48,687parfumeur#48,703nazionale#48,682

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

peignait11 variantsnarquois11 variantsperdras11 variantspersans11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list