orientation sexuelle
\ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃ sɛk.sɥɛl\
The verdict
“orientation sexuelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre vers lequel ou lesquels sont tournés les affinités, attirances et désirs (amoureux et érotiques) d’une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orientation-sexuelle · orientation sexuelle · French
orientation sexuelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orientation sexuelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃ sɛk.sɥɛl\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « orientation sexuelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
orientation sexuelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃ sɛk.sɥɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre vers lequel ou lesquels sont tournés les affinités, attirances et désirs (amoureux et érotiques) d’une personne.".
Zero misspellings are on record for orientation sexuelle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is orientation sexuelle, spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N- -S-E-X-U-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Genre vers lequel ou lesquels sont tournés les affinités, attirances et désirs (amoureux et érotiques) d’une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how orientation sexuelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Frank Oz] Pourquoi faut-il définir les gens comme étant uniquement gays ? On ne peut pas réduire quelqu’un à son orientation sexuelle.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.