Which to use
“oranges” is an adjective and “organes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,701
- “oranges” frequency rank
- #5,160
- “organes” frequency rank
- 20861
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | oranges | organes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Un des pluriels de orange. | Pluriel de organe. |
Where the eye mixes oranges and organes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. oranges (VCVCCVC) and organes (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between oranges and organes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: oranges is \ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ\ while organes is \ɔʁ.ɡan\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
oranges is recorded at frequency rank #15,701, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ\. organes is at rank #5,160, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡan\.
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 20861, this pair ranks #366,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of oranges vs organes
Shared letters: aegnors. Private to "oranges": -. Private to "organes": -.
"oranges" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "organes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "oranges" for "organes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "oranges" or "organes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "oranges" and "organes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "oranges" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "organes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "oranges" and "organes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oracles vs oranges". 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 #366,108 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.