orne

\ɔʁn\

/\ɔʁn\/ noun

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The verdict

“orne” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,703
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit arbre qui ressemble beaucoup au frêne commun, le frêne à fleurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orne · orne · French

orne · rank #15,703 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,703
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ordonner

Nearest frequency peer: ordonner (-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 « orne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « orne » 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).

orne vs ose
50% similar
orne vs own
50% similar
orne vs ôté
0% similar

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

Key facts for orne
PropertyValue
Headwordorne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁn\
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,703
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ornese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ordonner » (#15,702), « oranges » (#15,701), « Ouganda » (#15,705). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orne » est au #15,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around orne (IPA \ɔʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,703 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for orne, with forms such as "onre", "oren", and "ornne". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ose", "own", "ôté", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is orne, spelled O-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit arbre qui ressemble beaucoup au frêne commun, le frêne à fleurs.
  2. 2
    Petit fossé séparant longitudinalement les files de ceps dans les vignes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’orne donne la manne, un sucre extrait de la sève.
  2. La vigne se plante en lignes appelées LINÉES , sur des dos-d’âne qu'on nomme POUÉES: l’intervalle est de 2 pieds, terme moyen. […] On laboure les pouées ou en les rabattant dans l’orne, ou, ce qui vaut mieux, en se plaçant dessus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • onre
  • oren
  • ornne
  • orrne
  • rone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orne - 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.

onre2oren2ornne1orrne1rone2
Edit distance from "orne"

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 "orne"?
"orne" is spelled O-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁn\.
What does "orne" mean?
As a noun, "orne" means: Petit arbre qui ressemble beaucoup au frêne commun, le frêne à fleurs.
What words are commonly confused with "orne"?
"orne" is commonly confused with "ose", "own", "ôté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orne" is \ɔʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orne" come from?
"orne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

NDLR#15,693pige#15,717mile#15,682Loïc#15,671

Similar misspelling depth

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

poire5 variantssidi5 variantsburn5 variantsZeus5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list