orgie

\ɔʁ.ʒi\

/\ɔʁ.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“orgie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,303
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fêtes de Bacchus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orgie · orgie · French

orgie · rank #23,303 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,303
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH organisatrice

Nearest frequency peer: organisatrice (-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 « orgie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « orgie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

orgie vs ori
60% similar
orgie vs orne
60% similar
orgie vs ouïe
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for orgie
PropertyValue
Headwordorgie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁ.ʒi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,303
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orgie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).orgiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « organisatrice » (#23,302), « oreillette » (#23,301), « pacifiste » (#23,306). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orgie » est au #23,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around orgie (IPA \ɔʁ.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,303 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for orgie, with forms such as "ogrie", "orgei", and "orggie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ori", "orne", "ouïe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is orgie, spelled O-R-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fêtes de Bacchus.
  2. 2
    Débauche de toute sorte et particulièrement débauche sexuelle en groupe ou d’excès de table.
  3. 3
    Excès ; surabondance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how orgie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il prétend que Bacchus et ses orgies étaient célébrés par les Grecs avant qu’ils eussent pu connaître les livres de Moïse; et qu’ils n’ont pas pu prendre l’idée de Bacchus sur les livres juifs qu’ils n'entendaient pas; […].
  2. Elle finit par raconter que, si les uns accusaient simplement M. Grandguillot d’avoir joué à la Bourse, d’autres affirmaient qu’il avait des femmes, à Marseille. Enfin, des orgies, des passions abominables.

This word in other languages

orgy(English)orgía(Español)Orgie(Deutsch)bacanal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ogrie
  • orgei
  • orggie
  • orige
  • orrgie
  • rogie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orgie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ogrie2orgei2orggie1orige2orrgie1rogie2
Edit distance from "orgie"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "orgie"?
"orgie" is spelled O-R-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.ʒi\.
What does "orgie" mean?
As a noun, "orgie" means: Fêtes de Bacchus.
What words are commonly confused with "orgie"?
"orgie" is commonly confused with "ori", "orne", "ouïe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orgie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orgie" is \ɔʁ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orgie" come from?
"orgie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "orgie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

patin#23,309Kamel#23,264rolex#23,352ryder#23,355

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

pond6 variantsRand6 variantsJessie6 variantsinouïe6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list