orfèvres
\ɔʁ.fɛvʁ\
The verdict
“orfèvres” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,065
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de orfèvre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orfevres · orfèvres · French
orfèvres · rank #29,065 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,065
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ombrage
Nearest frequency peer: ombrage (-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 « orfèvres »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- négociateurs
négociateurs
70,939 corpus weight
- ombrage
ombrage
70,937 corpus weight
- orfèvres
orfèvres
70,936 corpus weight
- ottomans
ottomans
70,935 corpus weight
- parlions
parlions
70,934 corpus weight
- Passy
Passy
70,933 corpus weight
What this shows « orfèvres » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | orfèvres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.fɛvʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orfèvres »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around orfèvres (IPA \ɔʁ.fɛvʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,065 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de orfèvre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for orfèvres, with forms such as "ofrèvres", "orfevres", and "orffèvres". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "orfèvre", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is orfèvres, spelled O-R-F-È-V-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de orfèvre.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ofrèvres
- orfevres
- orffèvres
- orfvères
- orfèrves
- orfèvers
- orfèvress
- orfèvrres
- orfèvrse
- orfèvvres
- orrfèvres
- orèfvres
- rofèvres
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orfèvres - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "orfèvres", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).