organesvsorgiesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#5,160
“organes” frequency rank
#42,504
“orgies” frequency rank
47664
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature organes orgies
Definition Pluriel de organe. Pluriel de orgie.

Where the eye mixes organes and orgies

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. organes runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against orgies's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
organes
6 ch
orgies

Visual trap between organes and orgies

A purely visual mix-up. organes (\ɔʁ.ɡan\) and orgies (\ɔʁ.ʒi\) 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 47664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

organes is recorded at frequency rank #5,160, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡan\. orgies is at rank #42,504, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ʒi\.

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 47664, this pair ranks #185,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of organes vs orgies

Shared letters: egors. Private to "organes": an. Private to "orgies": i.

"organes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "orgies" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • organes ← ogranes · oragnes · orgaens · organess · organnes · organse · orgganes · orgnaes
  • orgies ← ogries · orgeis · orggies · orgiess · orgise · origes · orrgies · rogies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "organes" and "orgies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɔʁ.ɡan\ versus \ɔʁ.ʒi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "organes" vs "orgies" - which ranks higher?
"organes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,160 in our French list, against #42,504 for "orgies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "organes" and "orgies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "organes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "orgies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "organes" and "orgies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordis vs orgies". 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 #185,145 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