orques
\ɔʁk\
The verdict
“orques” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,943
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de orque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orques · orques · French
orques · rank #32,943 · 7 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,943
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH originellement
Nearest frequency peer: originellement (-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 « orques »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- oraison
oraison
67,061 corpus weight
- originellem…
originellement
67,059 corpus weight
- orques
orques
67,058 corpus weight
- palpitant
palpitant
67,057 corpus weight
- parapluies
parapluies
67,056 corpus weight
- parfumée
parfumée
67,055 corpus weight
What this shows « orques » 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 | orques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orques »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around orques (IPA \ɔʁk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,943 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de orque.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for orques, with forms such as "oqrues", "orqeus", and "orqques". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "orties", "ores", "orgue", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is orques, spelled O-R-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de orque.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oqrues
- orqeus
- orqques
- orquess
- orquse
- orrques
- oruqes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orques - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).