sorgho

\sɔʁ.ɡo\

/\sɔʁ.ɡo\/ noun

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The verdict

“sorgho” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,366
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorghum bicolor, plante herbacée, annuelle, de grande taille, de la famille des Poacées, c’est une céréale originaire des régions chaudes d’Afrique et d’Inde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sorgho · sorgho · French

sorgho · rank #49,366 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,366
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH solidifier

Nearest frequency peer: solidifier (-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 « sorgho »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sorgho » 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).

sorgho vs soro
67% similar
sorgho vs Soho
50% similar
sorgho vs Sergio
50% similar

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

Key facts for sorgho
PropertyValue
Headwordsorgho
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔʁ.ɡo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,366
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sorgho »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sorghose place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « solidifier » (#49,365), « souffrirait » (#49,367), « skull » (#49,364). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sorgho » est au #49,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sorgho (IPA \sɔʁ.ɡo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,366 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorgho, with forms such as "osrgho", "sogrho", and "sorggho". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "soro", "Soho", "Sergio", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sorgho, spelled S-O-R-G-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorghum bicolor, plante herbacée, annuelle, de grande taille, de la famille des Poacées, c’est une céréale originaire des régions chaudes d’Afrique et d’Inde.
  2. 2
    Graminée du genre Sorghum.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. SORGHO, (Mat. méd. & diet.) voyez Mil, gros, & l’article Farine & Farineux.
  2. Le sorgho, planté en succession de la culture commerciale, est desséché sur pied 8 à 10 jours avant de semer le cotonnier […], afin d’obtenir une couverture morte dans laquelle est effectué le semis.

Synonyms

gros milsorgho commun

This word in other languages

sorghum(English)sorgo(Español)Mohrenhirse(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osrgho
  • sogrho
  • sorggho
  • sorghho
  • sorgoh
  • sorhgo
  • sorrgho
  • srogho
  • ssorgho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sorgho - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osrgho2sogrho2sorggho1sorghho1sorgoh2sorhgo2sorrgho1srogho2
Edit distance from "sorgho"

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 "sorgho"?
"sorgho" is spelled S-O-R-G-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁ.ɡo\.
What does "sorgho" mean?
As a noun, "sorgho" means: Sorghum bicolor, plante herbacée, annuelle, de grande taille, de la famille des Poacées, c’est une céréale originaire des régions chaudes d’Afrique et d’Inde.
What words are commonly confused with "sorgho"?
"sorgho" is commonly confused with "soro", "Soho", "Sergio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sorgho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sorgho" is \sɔʁ.ɡo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sorgho" come from?
"sorgho" 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 "sorgho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shower#49,360Schmid#49,354Sénart#49,382tender#49,393

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

stalles9 variantsSuffolk9 variantssauvette9 variantsUltron9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list