origine

\ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\

/\ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\/ noun

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The verdict

“origine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #619. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#619
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-origine · origine · French

origine · rank #619 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #619
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH noir

Nearest frequency peer: noir (-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 « origine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « origine » 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).

origine vs origins
86% similar
origine vs origines
88% similar
origine vs originel
88% similar

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

Key facts for origine
PropertyValue
Headwordorigine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#619
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « origine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).originese 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 « noir » (#618), « présente » (#620), « mouvement » (#617). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « origine » est au #619. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around origine (IPA \ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #619 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for origine, with forms such as "oirgine", "orgiine", and "origgine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "origins", "origines", "originel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is origine, spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commencement.
  2. 2
    Point de départ ; première cause.
  3. 3
    Milieu de naissance ; lieu ou condition de création.
  4. 4
    En géométrie, singularité d’un espace repéré correspondant à l’intersection des axes.
  5. 5
    Branches des sciences qui ont un point de départ et une flèche du temps comme la cosmologie ou l’épistémologie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'exploité modèle est donc, dès l’origine, le travailleur de grande entreprise.
  2. L’histoire de l’origine du monde est différente selon les cultures.

Synonyms

basecommencement

This word in other languages

origin(English)origen(Español)Ursprung(Deutsch)origem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oirgine
  • orgiine
  • origgine
  • origien
  • originne
  • orignie
  • oriigne
  • orrigine
  • roigine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of origine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oirgine2orgiine2origgine1origien2originne1orignie2oriigne2orrigine1
Edit distance from "origine"

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 "origine"?
"origine" is spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\.
What does "origine" mean?
As a noun, "origine" means: Commencement.
What words are commonly confused with "origine"?
"origine" is commonly confused with "origins", "origines", "originel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "origine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "origine" is \ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "origine" come from?
"origine" 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 "origine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

espère9 variantsesprit9 variantsoccasion9 variantspetits9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list