orientation

\ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“orientation” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,479
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Détermination des points cardinaux du lieu où l’on se trouve.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orientation · orientation · French

orientation · rank #3,479 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,479
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH opposé

Nearest frequency peer: opposé (-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 « orientation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « orientation » 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).

orientation vs orientations
92% similar

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

Key facts for orientation
PropertyValue
Headwordorientation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,479
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orientation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.orientationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « opposé » (#3,478), « originale » (#3,480), « nationales » (#3,477). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orientation » est au #3,479. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around orientation (IPA \ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,479 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for orientation, with forms such as "oirentation", "oreintation", and "orienattion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "orientations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is orientation, spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Détermination des points cardinaux du lieu où l’on se trouve.
  2. 2
    Position d’un objet relativement à l’orient, aux points cardinaux.
  3. 3
    Exposition, en parlant d’une maison.
  4. 4
    Disposition convenable des voiles et des vergues.
  5. 5
    Direction.
  6. 6
    Direction des axes d’un engin spatial par rapport à un trièdre de référence.
  7. 7
    Tendance.
  8. 8
    Direction donnée à un élément graphique, un symbole ou une structure géométrique, par rapport aux côtés de la carte.
  9. 9
    Orientation de renseignement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tables d’orientation.
  2. Ainsi que l’ont fait remarquer en particulier MM. Allorge et De Litardière, des pelouses « édaphiquement comparables » et de même déclivité présentent des différences assez accusées pour une orientation différente, N. ou S.

Synonyms

attitude

Antonyms

désorientation

This word in other languages

orientation(English)orientación(Español)Orientierung(Deutsch)orientação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oirentation
  • oreintation
  • orienattion
  • orienntation
  • orientaiton
  • orientatino
  • orientationn
  • orientatoin
  • orientattion
  • orienttaion
  • orienttation
  • orietnation
  • orinetation
  • orrientation
  • roientation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orientation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oirentation2oreintation2orienattion2orienntation1orientaiton2orientatino2orientationn1orientatoin2
Edit distance from "orientation"

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 "orientation"?
"orientation" is spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "orientation" mean?
As a noun, "orientation" means: Détermination des points cardinaux du lieu où l’on se trouve.
What words are commonly confused with "orientation"?
"orientation" is commonly confused with "orientations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orientation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orientation" is \ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orientation" come from?
"orientation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list