Which to use
“organe” and “orgue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,636
- “organe” frequency rank
- #11,452
- “orgue” frequency rank
- 18088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organe | orgue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie d’un organisme vivant, considéré comme un tout et comme remplissant une fonction nécessaire ou utile à sa vie. | Instrument de musique à vent, à clavier et à pédalier, composé de tuyaux de différentes sortes et de différentes grandeurs, alimentés d’air par des soufflets et que l’on fait résonner en appuyant sur les touches d’un ou de plusieurs claviers. |
Where the eye mixes organe and orgue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. organe runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against orgue's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses organe with orgue
A purely visual mix-up. organe (\ɔʁ.ɡan\) and orgue (\ɔʁɡ\) 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 18088, 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\. orgue is at rank #11,452, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁɡ\.
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 18088, this pair ranks #380,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of organe vs orgue
Shared letters: egor. Private to "organe": an. Private to "orgue": u.
"organe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "orgue" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "organe" and "orgue" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "organe" or "orgue"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "organe" and "orgue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "organe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "orgue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organe" and "orgue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orgue vs orque". 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 #380,052 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.