orthogonal
\ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡɔ.nal\
The verdict
“orthogonal” is an uncommon French word, ranked #73,408 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #73,408
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui forme un angle droit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orthogonal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡɔ.nal\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #73,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “orthogonal” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for orthogonal is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡɔ.nal\. Corpus data places it at rank #73,408 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui forme un angle droit.".
orthogonal has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is orthogonal, spelled O-R-T-H-O-G-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui forme un angle droit.
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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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Using “orthogonal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-R-T-H-O-G-O-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡɔ.nal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.