Orsay
\ɔʁ.sɛ\
The verdict
“Orsay” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,829. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,829
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Essonne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orsay · Orsay · French
Orsay · rank #12,829 · 7 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,829
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH orphelins
Nearest frequency peer: orphelins (-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 « Orsay »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- neurones
neurones
87,175 corpus weight
- notification
notification
87,174 corpus weight
- orphelins
orphelins
87,173 corpus weight
- Orsay
Orsay
87,172 corpus weight
- panthéon
panthéon
87,171 corpus weight
- passants
passants
87,170 corpus weight
What this shows « Orsay » 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 | Orsay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Orsay »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Orsay (IPA \ɔʁ.sɛ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,829 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Orsay, with forms such as "orasy", "orrsay", and "orsayy". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "osa", "orson", "ora", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Orsay, spelled O-R-S-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Essonne.
- 2Ancienne gare parisienne de la ligne de Paris à Orsay, devenue un musée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Orsay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après la sécheresse de l’été 2022, Igny, Orsay, Palaiseau, Verrières-le-Buisson et Villiers-le-Bâcle font partie du millier de communes reconnues en état de catastrophe naturelle par le ministère de l’Intérieur vendredi.
De bons résultats, quant au trafic voyageurs, vinrent dès le début de l'exploitation de cette ligne de Paris à Orsay conforter la situation financière de la Société Arnoux, mais toutefois pas suffisamment pour qu'elle puisse acquérir du matériel permettant une desserte marchandise, […].
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orasy
- orrsay
- orsayy
- orssay
- orsya
- osray
- rosay
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Orsay - 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.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).