Which to use
“organe” and “origine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,636
- “organe” frequency rank
- #619
- “origine” frequency rank
- 7255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organe | origine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie d’un organisme vivant, considéré comme un tout et comme remplissant une fonction nécessaire ou utile à sa vie. | Commencement. |
Where the eye mixes organe and origine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. organe runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against origine's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses organe with origine
A purely visual mix-up. organe (\ɔʁ.ɡan\) and origine (\ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\) 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 7255, 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\. origine is at rank #619, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\.
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 7255, this pair ranks #423,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of organe vs origine
Shared letters: egnor. Private to "organe": a. Private to "origine": i.
"organe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "origine" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "organe" and "origine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "organe" or "origine"?
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 "origine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organe" and "origine" 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 #423,703 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.