originel
\ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛl\
The verdict
“originel” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,224
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui vient de l’origine, qui remonte jusqu’à l’origine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-originel · originel · French
originel · rank #13,224 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,224
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH OGM
Nearest frequency peer: OGM (-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 « originel »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- obsèques
obsèques
86,779 corpus weight
- OGM
OGM
86,778 corpus weight
- originel
originel
86,777 corpus weight
- other
other
86,776 corpus weight
- parcelle
parcelle
86,775 corpus weight
- performant
performant
86,774 corpus weight
What this shows « originel » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | originel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « originel »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around originel (IPA \ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,224 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for originel, with forms such as "oirginel", "orgiinel", and "origginel". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "origins", "orignal", "origines", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 originel, spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Qui vient de l’origine, qui remonte jusqu’à l’origine.
- 2Qualifie l’état d’innocence où le supposé premier homme, Adam, a été créé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how originel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En France nous sommes traditionnels. Nous avons le respect, non des choses établies, mais de la forme originelle sous laquelle ces choses demeurent à travers les siècles.
Il y a dans cet ouvrage un vice originel.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oirginel
- orgiinel
- origginel
- origienl
- originell
- originle
- originnel
- origniel
- oriignel
- orriginel
- roiginel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of originel - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).