orteils

\ɔʁ.tɛj\

/\ɔʁ.tɛj\/ noun

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The verdict

“orteils” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,817
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de orteil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orteils · orteils · French

orteils · rank #18,817 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,817
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Orly

Nearest frequency peer: Orly (-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 « orteils »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « orteils » 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).

orteils vs outils
71% similar
orteils vs orties
71% similar
orteils vs orteil
86% similar

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

Key facts for orteils
PropertyValue
Headwordorteils
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁ.tɛj\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,817
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « orteils »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.orteilsse 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 « Orly » (#18,816), « paniquer » (#18,818), « omelette » (#18,815). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orteils » est au #18,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around orteils (IPA \ɔʁ.tɛj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,817 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de orteil.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for orteils, with forms such as "oretils", "orrteils", and "orteills". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "outils", "orties", "orteil", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 orteils, spelled O-R-T-E-I-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de orteil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sous la table, elle sortit un pied de ses escarpins aux talons vertigineux et fit glisser ses orteils le long de sa cheville…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oretils
  • orrteils
  • orteills
  • orteilss
  • orteisl
  • ortelis
  • ortiels
  • ortteils
  • otreils
  • roteils

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orteils - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oretils2orrteils1orteills1orteilss1orteisl2ortelis2ortiels2ortteils1
Edit distance from "orteils"

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 "orteils"?
"orteils" is spelled O-R-T-E-I-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.tɛj\.
What does "orteils" mean?
As a noun, "orteils" means: Pluriel de orteil.
What words are commonly confused with "orteils"?
"orteils" is commonly confused with "outils", "orties", "orteil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orteils"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orteils" is \ɔʁ.tɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orteils" come from?
"orteils" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

offense#18,813notoire#18,809nombril#18,808perçues#18,826

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

méritée10 variantspoésies10 variantsprivate10 variantsmascotte10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list