ouragans

\u.ʁa.ɡɑ̃\

/\u.ʁa.ɡɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“ouragans” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,674
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ouragans · ouragans · French

ouragans · rank #28,674 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,674
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Osiris

Nearest frequency peer: Osiris (-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 « ouragans »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ouragans » 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).

ouragans vs ouragan
88% similar

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

Key facts for ouragans
PropertyValue
Headwordouragans
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\u.ʁa.ɡɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,674
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ouragans »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ouragansse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Osiris » (#28,673), « osera » (#28,672), « paint » (#28,676). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ouragans » est au #28,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ouragans (IPA \u.ʁa.ɡɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,674 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ouragan.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ouragans, with forms such as "oruagans", "ouargans", and "ouraagns". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ouragan", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ouragans, spelled O-U-R-A-G-A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ouragan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Certes, on lui avait bien dit que ça ne serait pas facile de faire son « écolage » sous les ordres de Lorenzoni, mais il s’attendait plus à des ouragans qu’à cette petite brise tiédasse !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oruagans
  • ouargans
  • ouraagns
  • ouraganns
  • ouraganss
  • ouragasn
  • ouraggans
  • ouragnas
  • ourgaans
  • ourragans
  • uoragans

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oruagans2ouargans2ouraagns2ouraganns1ouraganss1ouragasn2ouraggans1ouragnas2
Edit distance from "ouragans"

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 "ouragans"?
"ouragans" is spelled O-U-R-A-G-A-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \u.ʁa.ɡɑ̃\.
What does "ouragans" mean?
As a noun, "ouragans" means: Pluriel de ouragan.
What words are commonly confused with "ouragans"?
"ouragans" is commonly confused with "ouragan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ouragans"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouragans" is \u.ʁa.ɡɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ouragans" come from?
"ouragans" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ouragans", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list