orgasme
\ɔʁ.ɡasm\
The verdict
“orgasme” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,323
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de gonflement et d’excitation des organes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orgasme · orgasme · French
orgasme · rank #14,323 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,323
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH nokia
Nearest frequency peer: nokia (-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 « orgasme »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- molle
molle
85,682 corpus weight
- nissan
nissan
85,680 corpus weight
- nokia
nokia
85,679 corpus weight
- orgasme
orgasme
85,678 corpus weight
- perrin
perrin
85,676 corpus weight
- pharmaceuti…
pharmaceutiques
85,675 corpus weight
What this shows « orgasme » 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 | orgasme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.ɡasm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orgasme »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around orgasme (IPA \ɔʁ.ɡasm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,323 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for orgasme, with forms such as "ograsme", "oragsme", and "orgamse". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "orgasmes", "organe", "organisme", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is orgasme, spelled O-R-G-A-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1État de gonflement et d’excitation des organes.
- 2Point culminant du plaisir sexuel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how orgasme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans cette grande fougue des humeurs que l'on appelle orgaſme, les émetiques donnez à propos, dérobent par la voye la plus courte & la plus aſſeurée la matiere des plus grandes maladies : il y a beaucoup moins de chemin de l'eſtomac à la bouche que de l'eſtomac au fondement, & cette matiere ne se meſle pas avec le ſang par les voyes de la circulation.
Sa narration me mit dans un si fort orgasme qu'en moins d'une heure il me parut que tous les fluides de mon individu cherchaient une issue pour évacuer la place qu'ils occupaient.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ograsme
- oragsme
- orgamse
- orgasem
- orgasmme
- orgassme
- orggasme
- orgsame
- orrgasme
- rogasme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orgasme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).