orgasmes

/\ɔʁ.ɡasm\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,227

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

orgasmes is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de orgasme. Pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡasm\. Often confused with organes and orgasme.

Key facts for orgasmes
PropertyValue
Headwordorgasmes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁ.ɡasm\
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,227
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of orgasmes in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for orgasmes is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔʁ.ɡasm\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,227 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de orgasme.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for orgasmes, with forms such as "ograsmes", "oragsmes", and "orgamses". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "organes", "orgasme", "organismes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is orgasmes, spelled O-R-G-A-S-M-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de orgasme.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ograsmes,oragsmes,orgamses,orgasems,orgasmess,orgasmmes,orgasmse,orgassmes,orggasmes,orgsames,orrgasmes,rogasmes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for orgasmes

Misspelling Variants of "orgasmes"

ograsmes8oragsmes8orgamses8orgasems8orgasmess9orgasmmes9orgasmse8orgassmes9
Misspelling Variants of "orgasmes"

Frequency rank: #34,227 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "orgasmes"?
"orgasmes" is spelled O-R-G-A-S-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.ɡasm\.
What does "orgasmes" mean?
As a noun, "orgasmes" means: Pluriel de orgasme.
What words are commonly confused with "orgasmes"?
"orgasmes" is commonly confused with "organes", "orgasme", "organismes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orgasmes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orgasmes" is \ɔʁ.ɡasm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orgasmes" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.