orion
\ɔ.ʁjɔ̃\
The verdict
“orion” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,697
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de vecteurs linéairement indépendants construits sur un stéréoenvironnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orion · orion · French
orion · rank #24,697 · 6 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,697
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH orales
Nearest frequency peer: orales (-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 « orion »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- offs
offs
75,307 corpus weight
- orales
orales
75,305 corpus weight
- orion
orion
75,304 corpus weight
- orthodoxie
orthodoxie
75,303 corpus weight
- parcourent
parcourent
75,302 corpus weight
- pareillement
pareillement
75,301 corpus weight
What this shows « orion » 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 | orion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orion »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around orion (IPA \ɔ.ʁjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,697 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ensemble de vecteurs linéairement indépendants construits sur un stéréoenvironnement.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for orion, with forms such as "oiron", "orino", and "orionn". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "oro", "ouin", "orson", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is orion, spelled O-R-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de vecteurs linéairement indépendants construits sur un stéréoenvironnement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how orion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lors des applications, le nombre d’orions associés à un stéréofoyer et le nombre r des vecteurs de chaque orion dépendent des caractéristiques de FOsT, en particulier du nombre de ses stéréocentres et de leurs degrés (6).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oiron
- orino
- orionn
- oroin
- orrion
- roion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orion - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).