ornait

\ɔʁ.nɛ\

/\ɔʁ.nɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“ornait” is uncommon French (frequency #70,081 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,081
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de orner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ornait · ornait · French

ornait · rank #70,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,081
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Organ

Nearest frequency peer: Organ (-2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « ornait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ornait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ornait
PropertyValue
Headwordornait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔʁ.nɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ornait » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ornaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Organ » (#70,079), « ordinary » (#70,078), « Orbigny » (#70,077). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ornait » est au #70,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ornait is uncommon French at frequency #70,081 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɔʁ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de orner.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ornait in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 ornait, spelled O-R-N-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de orner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le visage de Jackie Kennedy ornait le dos du kiosque à journaux.
  2. Le garçon devint un adolescent chétif et cultivé qui lisait des bouquins par caisses et écoutait tous les vieux disques qui lui tombaient sous la main, juste un peu déçu que la vieille radio qui ornait le salon ne fonctionnât pas.

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 "ornait"?
"ornait" is spelled O-R-N-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.nɛ\.
What does "ornait" mean?
As a verb, "ornait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de orner.
How do you pronounce "ornait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ornait" is \ɔʁ.nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ornait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ornait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parton#70,086perdes#70,098pileux#70,108placid#70,112

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list