orphelin

\ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃\

/\ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“orphelin” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,954
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a perdu son père et sa mère, ou l’un des deux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orphelin · orphelin · French

orphelin · rank #15,954 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,954
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oriente

Nearest frequency peer: oriente (-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 « orphelin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « orphelin » 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).

orphelin vs orphelins
89% similar
orphelin vs orpheline
89% similar
orphelin vs orphelinat
80% similar

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

Key facts for orphelin
PropertyValue
Headwordorphelin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,954
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orphelin »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).orphelinse 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 « oriente » (#15,953), « panda » (#15,955), « opter » (#15,952). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orphelin » est au #15,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around orphelin (IPA \ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,954 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for orphelin, with forms such as "oprhelin", "orhpelin", and "orpehlin". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "orphelins", "orpheline", "orphelinat", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is orphelin, spelled O-R-P-H-E-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a perdu son père et sa mère, ou l’un des deux.
  2. 2
    Qui a perdu ses parents, parrains et marraines, supérieurs ou antécédents.
  3. 3
    Qui n’a pas d’hyperlien pointant vers lui.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un jour, les femmes cherchèrent leurs maris, les maris cherchèrent leurs femmes, les pères cherchèrent leurs enfants, et les enfants se crurent orphelins : tout était sens dessus dessous!
  2. L’orphelin faible et nu, m’a-t-on vu l’outrager ?

This word in other languages

orphan(English)huérfano(Español)elternlos(Deutsch)órfão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprhelin
  • orhpelin
  • orpehlin
  • orpheiln
  • orphelinn
  • orphellin
  • orphelni
  • orphhelin
  • orphlein
  • orpphelin
  • orrphelin
  • rophelin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oprhelin2orhpelin2orpehlin2orpheiln2orphelinn1orphellin1orphelni2orphhelin1
Edit distance from "orphelin"

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 "orphelin"?
"orphelin" is spelled O-R-P-H-E-L-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃\.
What does "orphelin" mean?
As an adjective, "orphelin" means: Qui a perdu son père et sa mère, ou l’un des deux.
What words are commonly confused with "orphelin"?
"orphelin" is commonly confused with "orphelins", "orpheline", "orphelinat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orphelin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orphelin" is \ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orphelin" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list