ORF
\oːɛʁˈɛf\
The verdict
“ORF” is uncommon French (frequency #97,236 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,236
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Österreichischer Rundfunk, la radiotélédiffusion publique autrichienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orf · ORF · French
ORF · rank #97,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,236
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Oswaldo
Nearest frequency peer: Oswaldo (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « ORF »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- orbitaire
orbitaire
2,768 corpus weight
- orca
orca
2,767 corpus weight
- ORF
ORF
2,765 corpus weight
- Oswaldo
Oswaldo
2,764 corpus weight
- Othe
Othe
2,763 corpus weight
- oudot
oudot
2,762 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ORF » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ORF |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \oːɛʁˈɛf\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #97,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ORF » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ORF is uncommon French at frequency #97,236 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \oːɛʁˈɛf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Österreichischer Rundfunk, la radiotélédiffusion publique autrichienne.".
ORF has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 ORF, spelled O-R-F.
Definition
- 1Österreichischer Rundfunk, la radiotélédiffusion publique autrichienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ORF appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen eines Furzes, der im Zuge einer Amtshandlung bei einem Zeltfest zu Gelächter geführt hat, ist ein 20-jähriger Steirer zu einer Strafe von 50 Euro verdonnert worden. Damit habe er gegen das Landessicherheitsgesetz verstoßen, wie in einem Beitrag des ORF in der am Dienstagabend ausgestrahlten Sendung "konkret" berichtet wird.
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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