orgueil

/\ɔʁ.ɡœj\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,453

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

orgueil is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sentiment qui porte à se penser au-dessus des autres. Opinion très avantageuse, le plus souvent exagérée, qu’une personne a de sa valeur personnelle aux dépens de la considération due à autrui. Pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡœj\. Often confused with orteil and orgues.

Key facts for orgueil
PropertyValue
Headwordorgueil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁ.ɡœj\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,453
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for orgueil is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔʁ.ɡœj\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,453 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 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for orgueil, with forms such as "ogrueil", "orgeuil", and "orggueil". 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, "orteil", "orgues", "orgue", 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 orgueil, spelled O-R-G-U-E-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment qui porte à se penser au-dessus des autres. Opinion très avantageuse, le plus souvent exagérée, qu’une personne a de sa valeur personnelle aux dépens de la considération due à autrui.
  2. 2
    Légitime fierté qui éloigne de la bassesse.
  3. 3
    Cale en matériau résistant destinée à être mise sous un levier pour servir de point d'appui.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ogrueil,orgeuil,orggueil,orgueill,orgueli,orguiel,orrgueil,orugeil,rogueil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for orgueil

Misspelling Variants of "orgueil"

ogrueil7orgeuil7orggueil8orgueill8orgueli7orguiel7orrgueil8orugeil7
Misspelling Variants of "orgueil"

Frequency rank: #11,453 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "orgueil"?
"orgueil" is spelled O-R-G-U-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.ɡœj\.
What does "orgueil" mean?
As a noun, "orgueil" means: Sentiment qui porte à se penser au-dessus des autres. Opinion très avantageuse, le plus souvent exagérée, qu’une personne a de sa valeur personnelle aux dépens de la considération due à autrui.
What words are commonly confused with "orgueil"?
"orgueil" is commonly confused with "orteil", "orgues", "orgue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orgueil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orgueil" is \ɔʁ.ɡœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orgueil" come from?
"orgueil" 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.