organevsorganiseConfusable pair

Quick tell: organe is a noun, organise is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“organe” is a noun and “organise” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,636
“organe” frequency rank
#3,699
“organise” frequency rank
10335
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature organe organise
Definition Partie d’un organisme vivant, considéré comme un tout et comme remplissant une fonction nécessaire ou utile à sa vie. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de organiser.

Where the eye mixes organe and organise

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. organe runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against organise's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
organe
8 ch
organise

Visual trap between organe and organise

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: organe is \ɔʁ.ɡan\ while organise is \ɔʁ.ɡa.niz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

organe is recorded at frequency rank #6,636, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡan\. organise is at rank #3,699, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.niz\.

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 10335, this pair ranks #413,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of organe vs organise

Shared letters: aegnor. Private to "organe": -. Private to "organise": is.

"organe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "organise" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • organeograne · orgaen · organne · orggane · orgnae · orrgane · rogane
  • organiseogranise · oragnise · orgainse · organies · organisse · organnise · organsie · orgganise

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "organe" and "organise" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "organe" is a noun and "organise" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "organe" or "organise"?
"organise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,699 in our French list, against #6,636 for "organe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "organe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "organise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #413,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "organe" and "organise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organe vs ornano". 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 #413,369 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