orge

/\ɔʁʒ\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,435

in French word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

orge is aFrenchnoun. It means: Nom donné à plusieurs plantes du genre Hordeum de la famille des Poacées (Poaceae), céréale à paille utilisée pour nourrir les animaux et caractérisée par un chaume noueux dont la fleur constitue u... Pronounced \ɔʁʒ\. Often confused with ose and ôté.

Key facts for orge
PropertyValue
Headwordorge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁʒ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,435
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for orge is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔʁʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,435 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for orge, with forms such as "oreg", "orgge", and "orrge". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ose", "ôté", "ors", and more, 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 orge, spelled O-R-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné à plusieurs plantes du genre Hordeum de la famille des Poacées (Poaceae), céréale à paille utilisée pour nourrir les animaux et caractérisée par un chaume noueux dont la fleur constitue un ensemble d’épis.
  2. 2
    Sans précision : orge commune
  3. 3
    Grains comestible que produisent ces plantes, utilisés entre autres pour produire de la bière et du whisky.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oreg,orgge,orrge,roge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for orge

Misspelling Variants of "orge"

oreg4orgge5orrge5roge4
Misspelling Variants of "orge"

Frequency rank: #12,435 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "orge"?
"orge" is spelled O-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁʒ\.
What does "orge" mean?
As a noun, "orge" means: Nom donné à plusieurs plantes du genre Hordeum de la famille des Poacées (Poaceae), céréale à paille utilisée pour nourrir les animaux et caractérisée par un chaume noueux dont la fleur constitue u...
What words are commonly confused with "orge"?
"orge" is commonly confused with "ose", "ôté", "ors". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orge" is \ɔʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orge" come from?
"orge" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.