ordivsordisConfusable pair

Which to use

“ordi” and “ordis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,279
“ordi” frequency rank
#45,213
“ordis” frequency rank
53492
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ordi ordis
Definition Ordinateur. Pluriel du mot ordi.

Same sound, different letters: ordi vs ordis

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. ordi runs 4 letters (VCCV) against ordis's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
ordi
5 ch
ordis

Ear matches; page differs - ordi and ordis

This is the hard kind. ordi and ordis are pronounced identically (\ɔʁ.di\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ordi” sits inside “ordis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ordi is recorded at frequency rank #8,279, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.di\. ordis is at rank #45,213, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.di\.

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 53492, this pair ranks #140,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ordi vs ordis

Shared letters: dior. Private to "ordi": -. Private to "ordis": s.

"ordi" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ordis" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ordi ← odri · orddi · orid · orrdi · rodi
  • ordis ← orddis · ordiss · ordsi · orids · orrdis · rodis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ordi" and "ordis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɔʁ.di\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "ordi" vs "ordis" - which ranks higher?
"ordi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,279 in our French list, against #45,213 for "ordis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "ordi" / "ordis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ordi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ordis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ordi" and "ordis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordis vs ordo". 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 #140,350 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list