origan commun
\ɔ.ʁi.ɡɑ̃ kɔ.mœ̃\
The verdict
“origan commun” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite plante herbacée aromatique de la famille des Lamiacées, médicinale, parfois condiment culinaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-origan-commun · origan commun · French
origan commun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | origan commun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁi.ɡɑ̃ kɔ.mœ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
origan commun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.ʁi.ɡɑ̃ kɔ.mœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite plante herbacée aromatique de la famille des Lamiacées, médicinale, parfois condiment culinaire.".
origan commun doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is origan commun, spelled O-R-I-G-A-N- -C-O-M-M-U-N.
Definition
- 1Petite plante herbacée aromatique de la famille des Lamiacées, médicinale, parfois condiment culinaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how origan commun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’espèce type est l’Origan commun, qui pousse dans les bois secs, le long des haies et des fossés.
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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.