Which to use
“offices” and “orifices” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,525
- “offices” frequency rank
- #34,651
- “orifices” frequency rank
- 49176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | offices | orifices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de office. | Pluriel de orifice. |
Where the eye mixes offices and orifices
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses offices with orifices
A purely visual mix-up. offices (\ɔ.fis\) and orifices (\ɔ.ʁi.fis\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
offices is recorded at frequency rank #14,525, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.fis\. orifices is at rank #34,651, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.ʁi.fis\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49176, this pair ranks #172,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of offices vs orifices
Shared letters: cefios. Private to "offices": -. Private to "orifices": r.
"offices" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "orifices" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "offices" and "orifices" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "offices" vs "orifices" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "offices" and "orifices" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "offices" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "orifices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "offices" and "orifices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orifice vs orifices". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #172,822 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.